Dara Singh Chauhan

Dara Singh Chauhan
Cabinet Minister
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
5 March 2024
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Ministry & Department's
  • Prison
Preceded byDharmveer Prajapati
Cabinet Minister
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 March 2017 – 12 January 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Ministry & Department's
  • Forest.
  • Environment
  • Zoological Garden
Preceded byDurga Prasad Yadav
Succeeded byArun Kumar Saxena
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
23 January 2024
Preceded byDinesh Sharma
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
10 March 2022 – 15 July 2023
Preceded byVijay Rajbhar
Succeeded bySudhakar Singh
ConstituencyGhosi
In office
11 March 2017 – 12 January 2022
Preceded byUmesh Pandey
Succeeded byRam Bilash Chauhan
ConstituencyMadhuban
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byChandradeo Prasad Rajbhar
Succeeded byHarinarayan Rajbhar
ConstituencyGhosi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
In office
30 November 1996 – 02 April 2000
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1963-07-25) July 25, 1963 (age 61)
Galvara, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party(2015–Jan 2022; July 2023–present)[2]
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress(before 1996)
Samajwadi Party(1996-2007),(January 2022-July 2023)
Bahujan Samaj Party(2007-2015)
[3]
SpouseDisha Chauhan
Children3
ParentRam Kishan Chauhan[4]
Residence(s)Raj Bhawan Colony, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materHigh School
OccupationPolitician

Dara Singh Chauhan (born 25 July 1963) is an Indian politician, currently serving as member of legislative council,[5] and formerly represented the Madhuban (Assembly constituency) in Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[6][7] He was former Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He also represented Ghosi in the 15th Lok Sabha, where he was leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party. In 16th Lok Sabha, he was defeated by Harinarayan Rajbhar who represented Bharatiya Janata Party by more than 140,000 votes.

On 2 February 2015, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party president Amit Shah in New Delhi.[8][9]

Soon after he joined BJP, he was made BJP Chauhan Morcha President and given the ticket to fight the MLA Election from Madhuban Constituency, where many people were rallying to get BJP ticket. He won election from Madhuban Constituency by more than 30,000 votes and was able to grow saffron for first time in this constituency and become cabinet minister in U.P. government.[10]

  1. ^ "Member Profile". official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Former BJP minister Dara Singh Chauhan joins Samajwadi Party ahead of UP polls".
  3. ^ https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4304 [dead link]
  4. ^ "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info.
  5. ^ PTI (23 January 2024). "BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan elected as MLC". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ Verma, Lalmani (12 January 2022). "Dara Singh Chauhan: UP OBC leader's stint was 'uneasy' with BJP, journey started from BSP". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022.
  7. ^ "OBC politics in eastern UP". India Today. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Chauhan to be BSP leader in Lok Sabha". The Indian Express. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Detailed Profile: Shri Dara Singh Chauhan". National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 21 September 2012.