Rajeev Singh Parichha

Rajeev Singh Parichha is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from the Babina Assembly constituency of the Jhansi district.^[1][2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1][3]

Rajeev Singh Parichha
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2017
Preceded by	Krishna Pal Singh Rajpoot
Constituency	Babina
Personal details
Born	(1976-01-10) 10 January 1976 (age 49) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Profession	Politician

Early life

Rajeev Singh Parichha was born on 10 January 1976 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, to a Hindu family of Kailash Singh.^[1][4] He married Kamli Singh, and they had three children.^[1]

Positions held

#	From	To	Position	Ref
01	March 2017	March 2022	Member, 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly	[1]
02	March 2022	Incumbent	Member, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly	[1]

Controversy

In June 2025, while travelling on the New Delhi–Bhopal Vande Bharat Express, Parichha reportedly asked a fellow passenger, Raj Prakash, to exchange seats so that Parichha could occupy the window seat for his family; Prakash refused the request.^[5][6] According to eyewitnesses, when the train reached Jhansi station, a group of around 15–20 men, alleged to be Parichha’s aides, boarded the coach and assaulted Prakash, leaving him bleeding from the nose, ears and mouth and with a fractured nose.^[7]

Parichha subsequently filed a non-cognisable report (NCR) with the Government Railway Police at Jhansi, alleging that Prakash had used abusive language and behaved indecently; no FIR has been registered as of 22 June 2025, pending either a formal complaint by the victim or a court order, and authorities have announced that CCTV footage from both the train and station will be examined as part of the probe^[8]

In response, the BJP issued a show-cause notice to Parichha on June 23, 2025, seeking an explanation for the incident after the CCTV footage surfaced.^[9]