Pritam Singh

Pritam Singh

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Pritam Singh Profile

  • Name:
  • Pritam Singh
  • Born:
  • November 4, 1958
  • Father:
  • Gulab Singh

Pritam Singh Biography

Pritam Singh is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand belonging to Indian National Congress. He is the current President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (Uttarakhand PCC). One of the prominent Congress leaders of Uttarakhand state politics, he has been elected to state assembly 4 times, since the state was formed. He has also been elected as MLA of Uttar Pradesh once in the 1990s. During the congress led government in 2002-2007 & 2012-2017, he was a cabinet minister of Uttarakhand, and has served some important portfolios such as Home, Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, Panchayti Raj and Minor Irrigation. Singh currently represents Chakrata state constituency as an MLA.

 

Pritam Singh was born on 4 November 1958 in Dehradun District, Uttar Pradesh. Now his birth place - Virnad village is in Uttarakhand. He belongs to a Rajput family. He was born into a political family. His father Gulab Singh was an eight term Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and has served as cabinet minister too. He represented Indian National Congress, and now his eldest son Pritam Singh is following his legacy. Pritam Singh hold an LLB degree and currently fully active in state politics. He is married to Anita Singh and has two children.

 

His active career in politics began in the mid-1980s. In 1988 he was elected as a Block Pramukh of Chakrata. He successfully contested Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in 1993 from Chakrata Constituency on the Congress ticket. Singh was made the Joint Secretary of the Pradesh Congress Committee of Uttar Pradesh, soon after he entered legislative assembly. After the formation of Uttarakhand state, he had a very successful run in state politics, serving as cabinet minister multiple times in Congress led government.

 

Published: October 30, 2018

Updated: October 30, 2018

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