Rajendra Singh Patel

Rajendra Singh Patel is an Indian politician. He is a former Uttar Pradesh MLA and minister.

Rajendra Singh Patel
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1996–2002
Preceded byAmarjeet Singh
Succeeded byAmarjeet Singh
ConstituencyBindki
Minister of Rural Development, Uttar Pradesh
In office
23 April 1998 – 18 January 2002
ConstituencyBindki

In 1996, he was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bindki on a BSP ticket.[1] However, in February 1998 he was among the five BSP MLAs who joined the Jantantrik Bahujan Samaj Party and voted in support of the BJP candidate Kalyan Singh for the post of Chief Minister.[2] Patel was rewarded with a minister portfolio, serving as Minister of Rural Engineering Service[3] and later as Minister of Rural Development. He resigned in January 2002, after the BJP announced it would field its own candidate for the Bindki seat in the 2002 Assembly polls.[4]

Patel nevertheless contested the Bindki seat in 2002 on behalf of the Lok Janshakti Party, but finished third.[5] For the 2007 and 2012 Assembly elections, he was the BJP candidate from Bindki, but lost on both occasions to Sukhdev Prasad Verma of the BSP. He did not contest the 2017 election.[1][6]

References
  1. "Bindki (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017". elections.in. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. "Kalyan may coopt five rebel BSP members into cabinet". rediff.com. 28 February 1998. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. "Jantantrik ministers given portfolios". rediff.com. 23 April 1998. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. "Three UP ministers resign after denial of tickets". Times of India. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2002 / Constituency: Bindki (270)". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. "राजेंद्र के समर्थन में उतरे भाजपाई". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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