Dr. Govind Singh
Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
29 April 2022 – 16 December 2023
Preceded byKamal Nath
Succeeded byUmang Singhar
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1990–2023
Preceded byMathura Prasad Mahant
ConstituencyLahar
Vice President
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
24 March 2008
PresidentKamal Nath
Arun Yadav
Kantilal Bhuria
Suresh Pachouri
Minister of Cooperatives, Parliamentary affairs and General administration
Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
December 2018 – March 2020
Chief MinisterKamal Nath
Personal details
Born (1951-07-01) 1 July 1951 (age 72)
Vaishpura, Madhya Bharat, India
Political party INC
(1993–present)
Other political
affiliations		Janata Dal
(1990–1993)
SpouseSuman Singh
Children1 Son & 1 Daughter
Parent
  • Thakur Mathura Singh (father)
Residence(s)Lahar, Bhind district
EducationB.A.M.S.
Alma materGovernment Ayurvedic College, Jabalpur
As of 23 July, 2018
Source: ["Biography" (PDF). Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.]

Govind Singh (born 1 July 1951) is an Indian politician from the INC. On 28 April 2022 Kamal Nath has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.[1] All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi appointed former minister and senior party MLA from Lahar, India Govind Singh as Leader of Opposition.[2] He served as the Minister of Cooperatives, Parliamentary affairs and General administration in Government of Madhya Pradesh under Chief Minister Kamal Nath between December 2018 and March 2020.

He has served as a minister in the state government of Madhya Pradesh and as a senior Indian National Congress (INC) party leader. Singh has held various ministerial posts since his first such appointment in December 1998. He is a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Lahar, since 1990 having been returned to the Assembly seven consecutive times and is both a vice-president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee and member of the All India Congress Committee.[3][4]

Dr. Govind Singh was elected for the seventh consecutive time to the 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh in 2018[5] and taken charge of Cabinet Minister of Department of General Administration, Parliamentary Affairs and Cooperatives in Government of Madhya Pradesh.[6][7]

Political career

Dr. Singh was elected Magazine Secretary in the year 1971–72 and President of Students Union of Government Ayurveda College in the year 1974–75 and member of Jabalpur University Students Union Executive Council. Dr. Singh was elected president of the Sahakari Vipanan Sanstha, Maryadit, Lahar from 1979 to 1982 and in 1984–85.[8][9][10]

Dr. Govind Singh was Director of District Cooperative Land Development Bank, Bhind from 1984 to 1986 and Chairman of Nagar Palika Parishad, Lahar from 1985 to 1987.[citation needed]

Dr. Govind Singh was elected member of the 9th Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1990.[11] After this, he was elected as a member of the 10th Assembly in the year 1993, 11th Assembly in 1998, 12th Assembly in the year 2003, 13th Assembly in the year 2008, 14th Assembly in the year 2013 and 15th Assembly in 2018.[12][13][14][15][16]

In addition to this, Dr. Singh has been a member of the Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University's Board of Directors, from June 1994 to June 1997 and member of the Assembly's Committee on Petitions in 1996–97, 1997–98 until 31 December 1998, besides being the Director of M.P. State Cooperative Land Development Bank from April 1997.[citation needed]

After being elected a member of the 11th Assembly in the year 1998, he was Minister of State for Home from 6 December 1998, Minister of State for Cooperatives (Independent Charge) from 26 April 2000 and Minister of Cooperatives Department from 12 August 2002.[citation needed]

Dr. Singh was Director of Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sahakari Vipanan Sangh Maryadit from 10 January 2001, to 9 February 2002, Director of Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank from 10 December 2001 to 2 January 2002, President of State Co-operative Housing Association from 28 March 2002, Director of Indian National Cooperative Housing Association, New Delhi from 5 August 2002, and in October 2002 he went to China and Hong Kong to participate in the 7th General Assembly of Singapore and Parliament on Population and Development and I.C.A Regional Assembly. From 1995 to date he has been the member of the Pradesh Congress Committee and of the All India Congress Committee from year 2005 and was vice president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee from 24 March 2008 to date. Dr. Singh was elected member of the 12th Legislative Assembly in 2003 and has been the Chief Whip of the Congress Legislature Party. On being elected member of the 13th Assembly in 2008, he was the chairman, Public Accounts Committee from 2009 to 2011. Dr. Singh was elected as the member of the Assembly for the 6th time in the year 2013.[citation needed]

Anti-Discrimination

He has stood firm based upon his Constitutionalist stance, against such Islamophobic Conspiracy theories such as Love Jihad, that has been peddled by Hindutva supremacist organizations and individuals, including Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the BJP in 2022.[17]

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

SI No. Year Legislative Assembly Constituency Margin Party Post
1. 1990 9th Lahar 14,617 JD
2. 1993 10th Lahar 7,822 INC
3. 1998 11th Lahar 6,086 INC Minister of State
4. 2003 12th Lahar 4,085 INC Chief Whip of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP)
5. 2008 13th Lahar 4,878 INC Chairmen of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
6. 2013 14th Lahar 6,273 INC
7. 2018 15th Lahar 9,073 INC Cabinet Minister , later Leader of Opposition

Awards and recognition

Dr.Govind Singh awarded as best MLA by Jagran Group in December 2017.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Congress leader Kamal Nath resigns as Leader of Opposition in MP".
  2. ^ "Kamal Nath steps down as Madhya Pradesh CLP leader, Dr Govind Singh is new LOP | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Department of Public Relation, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh".
  4. ^ "About 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Detail of 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh (Page-21)" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Government of Madhya Pradesh". Official Website of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  7. ^ "List of Members of 15th Legislative Assembly" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Dr. Govind Singh, Department of Public Relations, Govt. of M.P."
  9. ^ "Biography" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Dailyhunt" डॉ.गोविन्द सिंह का जीवन परिचय [Biography of Dr. Govind Singh] (in Hindi). Dailyhunt. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 1990" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 1993" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 1998" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 2003" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Election Commission of India, Statistical Report, Legislative Assembly Elections of Madhya Pradesh 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Love-Jihad is fake, it never existed: Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Govind Singh". The Times of India. 6 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Naiduniya, Bhopal".

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