Manvendra Pratap Singh

Manvendra Pratap Singh (also known as Guru ji) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and is currently serving as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Agra Graduates constituency, Uttar Pradesh.[1][2][3][4][5] He is also a member of National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education (NMCME), Ministry of Education, Government of India.[6][7]

Manvendra Pratap Singh
Manvendra in 2020
Member of Legislative Council, Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
5 December 2020
Preceded byAseem Yadav
ConstituencyAgra (Graduates constituency)
Personal details
Born (1972-02-21) 21 February 1972
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Smt. Anita Singh
Children2
Parent(s)Thakur Rajveer Singh Yaduwanshi (Father)
Smt. Ramwati Devi (Mother)
Residence(s)Aligarh
EducationMaster of Arts (M.A) from English and History, Bachelor of education (B.Ed.) and Ph.D. from History
Alma materDr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
OccupationTeacher
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Early life and education

Third Child of Thakur Rajveer Singh Yaduwanshi and Smt. Ramwati Devi. Manvendra was born on 21 February 1972 in Daudpur village of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He has completed his post graduation from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. He started his career as a RSS swayamsevak at a very early age. In 1989 when terrorism was at its peak in Kashmir many Kashmiri Pandits were killed by the terrorists on the basis of communalism the Indian flag was also burned in Kashmir due to this situation in 1992 students from all over the country marched at Lal Chowk to host the Indian flag in Kashmir. This inspired him to join that union of students ABVP in 1992. He worked in ABVP for many years and elected unopposed the State President of Western Uttar Pradesh. His father was also a supporter of Bharatiya Jana Sangh which later became Bharatiya Janata Party he joined BJP in 2013. He worked in BJP for many years and in 2018 he was nominated as Vice President of Braj Kshetra, BJP. In 2020 he was nominated as candidate for MLC from Agra Graduate seat which is one of the largest constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Elections were to be held in April 2020 but due to COVID-19 pandemic it was delayed from April to December 2020 which had a huge impact on the elections but for the first time ever Manvendra won this seat and created history.

Positions held

Vice President of Braj Kshetra, Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh[8]
State President of ABVP, Western Uttar Pradesh

See also

UP Vidhan Parishad official website

References
  1. "Names of UP Vidhan Parishad members". UP Vidhan Parishad. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. "MLC Election in UP: उत्तर प्रदेश MLC शिक्षक व स्नातक सीट चुनाव के लिए भाजपा के प्रत्याशी घोषित". Jagran. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. "अलीगढ़ के मानवेंद्र प्रताप सिंह ने एमएलसी चुनाव में लहराया परचम, रचा इतिहास". Jagran. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. "Up Mlc Election Result 2020: जानिए किसने बनाई आगरा स्नातक सीट पर बढ़त". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. "आगरा स्नातक सीट पर पहली बार बीजेपी का कब्जा, मानवेंद्र प्रताप सिंह हुए विजयी". ABP News. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. "Aligarh Muslim University Student Demands Temple in Campus". NDTV. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. "Aligarh: Students protest installion of CCTV cameras in men's loo in DS College". Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. "BJP Executive declared before loksabha election". Patrika. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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