Bharatendra Singh | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sanjay Singh Chauhan |
Succeeded by | Malook Nagar |
Constituency | Bijnor |
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
Preceded by | Shahnawaz Rana |
Succeeded by | Ruchi Veera |
Constituency | Bijnor |
In office 2002–2007 | |
Preceded by | Raja Gazaffar |
Succeeded by | Shahnawaz |
Constituency | Bijnor |
Personal details | |
Born | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | 14 January 1964
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Saloni Randhawa (div) |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Sahanpur |
Alma mater | The Doon School, St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
As of 6 March, 2022 Source: [1] |
Kunwar Bharatendra Singh is an Indian politician. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elected from Bijnor as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He lost 2019 Lok Sabha election from Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3]
He has been in news and controversies as an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots.[4] He was also issued notice by the Allahabad High Court on an election petition filed by one Rajendra Kumar.[5]
On 3 October 2015, Singh and residents of Vidurkuti village raided an illegal sand mining site along the Ganga river, forcing the miners to flee.[6] In March 2019, an effigy of Kunwar Bharatendra was burnt in Mawana Khurd and people held black flags and protested while alleging no visit from the MP in the region and no development of the area in the past five years.[7]