Sampat Singh

Sampat Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly
Constituency	Nalwa, Fatehabad, Bhattu Kalan
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Krishna Singh
Children	Gaurav Singh, Saurabh Singh
Residence	112, Sec 15 Hisar
Website	www.sampatsingh.in
As of October 22, 2009

Sampat Singh (born in 1949 in Bhattu Kalan, Fatehabad District, Haryana) is a former Finance Minister of Haryana, India. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly for the Janata Party in the Bhattu Kalan constituency in 1982 and was leader of the opposition from 1991 to 1996. He is the most senior Indian National Congress legislator in 12th Haryana assembly, having been elected six times since 1982. In the past, he has handled many important portfolios in state govt as minister.

Sampat Singh met Tau Chaudhary Devilal in Hisar in 1977. Subsequently, when Tau came to power, Singh was appointed as Personal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Chaudhary Devilal. In 1979, when Devilal ceded his Assembly constituency seat at Bhattu in order to contest as a Member of Parliament, Singh became his successor as MLA.

Singh contested election from Hisar Lok Sabha Constituency on NDA ticket. He lost this election to Former chief minister Bhajanlal with a narrow margin of 6900 votes.

Heeding views of his close supporters, Singh quit INLD on 14 July 2009 and held a meeting with his supporters and workers on 18 July 2009 in Hisar. According to Singh, announcing that he was quitting the part was the worst day of his life. He joined the INC in July 2009.

The INC selected Singh as their candidate for the Nalwa constituency in Hisar. He then won the seat in the 2009 elections by defeating the sitting member, Jasma Devi of HJC.

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