Rewati Raman Singh

Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh (born 5 October 1943) is an Indian politician from the Prayagraj Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh.^[2] He played a major role in the establishment of the Samajwadi Party with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Beni Prasad Verma and Azam Khan.

Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh
In office 5 July 2016 – 4 July 2022
Preceded by	Kanak Lata Singh
Succeeded by	Kapil Sibal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004 – 2014
Preceded by	Murli Manohar Joshi
Succeeded by	Shyama Charan Gupta
Constituency	Allahabad
Personal details
Born	(1943-10-05) 5 October 1943 (age 81) Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
Political party	SP
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal
Spouse	Beena Singh
Children	2 (including Ujjwal Raman Singh)
Residence(s)	19-A, Ashok Nagar, Nyaya Marg, 211001, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	University of Allahabad[1]
Website	http://rajyasabha.nic.in

He is the national secretary of Samajwadi Party. He has served Karachana, the Vidhan Sabha constituency of Allahabad more than 7 times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was also elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Allahabad twice after defeating the popular BJP politician, Murali Manohar Joshi in 2004 general elections.^[3] He has now been elected as an MP (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh. He was made irrigation minister and environment minister.^[4]

Early life

Rewati Raman Singh was born in a Bhumihar family. He actively took part in the JP Movement against emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.^[5][6] He had also worked with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and many other leaders to clean the holy Ganges river. He had worked with many popular leaders like former prime minister V. P. Singh, Chandra Shekhar, and Raj Narain.

Positions held

• Member, Public Accounts Committee^[7]
• Leader of opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (from 6 December 1991 to 6 December 1992)
• Member of Parliament from Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency) two terms (2004 and 2009)
• Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2016 to 2022