Chaudhary Fateh Singh

Chaudhary Fateh Singh, also known as Fateh Singh, is an Indian politician from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi. He is member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and represents Gokalpur (Assembly constituency) of Delhi.[1] Earlier, he was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of First Legislative Assembly of Delhi and served as its deputy speaker from 1995 to 1998.

Personal life

Fateh Singh was 51 years old in February 2015.[2] He is a material dealer.[2] He is the son of Saktoo Singh. He is a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCS university) of Uttar Pradesh. He is married; his wife is a housewife.[3]

Political career

Fateh Singh contested the 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections the Nand Nagari assembly constituency, which was reserved for scheduled castes, on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. He got 13,429 votes and defeated his nearest rival Rup Chand of the Indian National Congress (INC) by a margin of 781 votes.[4] He became member of the First Legislative Assembly of Delhi and was elected the deputy speaker from 1995 to 1998. He also was on the Rules Committee, as the deputy speaker.[5]

Fateh Singh contested as an independent in 2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections from Gokalpur (Assembly constituency). He got 10,262 votes and came fourth. Bahujan Samaj Party's Surendra Kumar won, while BJP's Ranjeet Singh was third.[6][7]

Fateh Singh defected to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from the BJP in December 2014, with three other BJP leaders. This was officially announced in a AAP rally at Shahdara.[8] He contested the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections from Gokalpur and got 71,240 votes, defeating the sitting MLA (member of Legislative Assembly) Ranjeet Singh of the BJP by the margin of 31,968 votes.[9][10][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Election result". Election commission of India. Retrieved Feb 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gokulpur Results". NDTV. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fateh Singh Affidavit". http://myneta.info/. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Delhi Assembly Election Results 1993
  5. ↑ Delhi Legislative Assembly
  6. ↑ "AAP's Fateh Singh says he left BJP because he wanted to work for the common man". I am in DNA Of North East Delhi. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  7. ↑ 2008 Election Commission of India
  8. ↑ "Ex-BJP MLA joins AAP". Times of India. Dec 17, 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Result". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India
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