Sidharth Nath Singh

Sidharth Nath Singh (born 1 October 1963) is an Indian politician and the former Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He is one of the official spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a grandson of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri.^[1] Suman Shastri (1936-2002), his mother, was the daughter of Lal Bahadur Shastri.^[2] He is BJP state in-charge of Andhra Pradesh and co-in-charge of West Bengal. He is also serving as a Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Sidharth Nath Singh
Singh (right) in 2018
Minister of Khadi & Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, MSME Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Satish Mahana
Succeeded by	Rakesh Sachan
Minister of Health & Family Welfare Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Succeeded by	Jai Pratap Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2017
Preceded by	Pooja Pal
Constituency	Allahabad West
Personal details
Born	(1963-10-01) 1 October 1963 (age 61) Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Dr. Neeta Singh
Relations	Lal Bahadur Shastri (Grandfather)
Children	Two sons
Residence(s)	C-301 Shyam Pushp Apartment Clive Road, Allahabad
Alma mater	B. A. (from St. Hindu College, Delhi)
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Political career

S N Singh became Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Allahabad West constituency in 2017 by defeating two-time BSP MLA Pooja Pal by 45,000 votes.^[8][9] He is currently (since 2017) a cabinet minister in the UP government, with the portfolio of Health.