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Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh

Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh
MP
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Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh-Member of Parliament from Moradabad
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara
In office
24 June 1991 – 5 December 1993
Preceded by Mohammadulla Khan
Succeeded by Himself
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara
In office
5 December 1993 – 21 September 1997
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Himself
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara
In office
23 February 1998 – 28 May 2001
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Himself
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara
In office
3 May 2002 – 13 May 2007
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Vijay Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara
In office
6 March 2012 – 21 May 2014
Preceded by Vijay Yadav
Succeeded by Nawab Jaan Khan
Member of Parliament from Moradabad
In office
21 May 2014 – Incumbent
Preceded by Mohammad Azharuddin
Personal details
Born (1952-12-23) 23 December 1952 (age 64)
Moradabad
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Smt. Sadhna Singh
Relations One daughter, one son
Residence Ram Mahal, Village Ratupura, Thakurdwara, Moradabad
Alma mater K.G.K Inter College, Moradabad
Occupation Politician
Religion Hinduism

Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh (Hindi: कुँवर सर्वेश कुमार सिंह), also known as Rakesh Singh, is a businessman who serves as the Member of Parliament from Moradabad, India from Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a veteran politician from Western Uttar Pradesh who belongs to Thakur(Rajput) caste. He is one of the Bahubali politicians in Uttar Pradesh. He was a five-term MLA from Thakurdwara from 1991 to 2007 and 2012 to 2014 till he got elected as MP from Moradabad Lok Sabha General Election in 2014.

He was born on 23 December 1952 to Raja Rampal Singh, a four-time M.L.A from Thakurdwara and a one-time M.P from Amroha. He married Kunwarani Sadhna Singh of Kookra estate; they have one daughter and one son.He and his father Rampal Singh has links with many princely states.He is the present Maharaja of Saupari estate and have strong relations with Haldaur estate and other Bijnor's princely states.

Though his father was one of the prominent leaders during the 1970s and '80s of Congress, Singh lost many local elections. In 1991, he won his ancestral seat of Thakurdwara as the B.J.P candidate and remained until 2007 when Vijay Yadav from BSP won Thakurdwara. He contested from B.J.P. in the Lok Sabha election in 2009 in Moradabad but lost to Mohammad Azharuddin. He contested the 2012 legislative election in Thakurdwara as the B.J.P. candidate and won. In 2014 during Lok Sabha elections, he was nominated from Moradabad and he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate by a margin of 87,504 votes. He is the first B.J.P. MP after independence to serve from Moradabad.

He owns and lives in an ancestral haveli in Ratupura Village. He owns many colleges, schools and factories in Thakurdwara, Kashipur and Moradabad through his father's trust (Babu Rampal Singh Trust).


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