Rama Shankar Singh

Rama Shankar Singh (also known as Rama Shankar Singh Patel)^[1] born July 15, 1969, is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Marihan constituency in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2][3][4] In 2006 he was awarded for good work in his village (Idol Village) by the President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.^[5]

Rama Shankar Singh
Minister of State for Energy Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Minister	Shrikant Sharma
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Preceded by	Laliteshpati Tripathi
Constituency	Marihan
Personal details
Born	(1969-07-15) 15 July 1969 (age 55) Chunar, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sita Singh ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	2 sons
Parent	Shiv Prasad Singh (father)
Occupation	Agriculture
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Political career

Singh defeated his close contestant Lalitesh Pati Tripathi from Indian National Congress with a margin of 46,598 votes in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held in 2017.^[3]

He has been appointed Minister of state of Energy and Additional Energy Sources of Energy in a Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019.^[6][1][7] Rama was also selected for Adarsh Gram under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.^[5]

Posts held

#	From	To	Position	Comments
01	1989	1990	Member of the Student Council[8]
02	1990	1991	Vice President of the Students' Union[5]
03	1995	2000	Village Head Golhanpur (Pradhan)
04	2003	2006	District Vice President Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha
05	2006	2009	District President Kisan Morcha
06	2009	2012	District General Secretary in the Bharatiya Janata Party
07	2016	2017	Member regional working committee (BJP)
06	2017	Incumbent	Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
07	2019	Incumbent	Minister of State, Government of Uttar Pradesh