Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh MP |
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Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh-Member of Parliament from Moradabad
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Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara | |
In office 24 June 1991 – 5 December 1993 |
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Preceded by | Mohammadulla Khan |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara | |
In office 5 December 1993 – 21 September 1997 |
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Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara | |
In office 23 February 1998 – 28 May 2001 |
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Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara | |
In office 3 May 2002 – 13 May 2007 |
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Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Vijay Yadav |
Member of Legislative Assembly from Thakurdwara | |
In office 6 March 2012 – 21 May 2014 |
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Preceded by | Vijay Yadav |
Succeeded by | Nawab Jaan Khan |
Member of Parliament from Moradabad | |
In office 21 May 2014 – Incumbent |
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Preceded by | Mohammad Azharuddin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Moradabad |
23 December 1952
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).