Jayant Singh
Chairman of Rashtriya Lok Dal
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2021[1]
Preceded by	Ajit Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2022
Preceded by	Sukhram Singh Yadav
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Manvendra Singh
Succeeded by	Hema Malini
Constituency	Mathura
Personal details
Born	(1978-12-27) 27 December 1978 (age 45) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Rashtriya Lok Dal
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance (2024–present)
Spouse	Charu Singh ​ (m. 2003)​
Children	2 daughters
Parents	Chaudhary Ajit Singh (father) Radhika Singh (mother)
Relatives	Chaudhary Charan Singh (grandfather) Gayatri Devi (grandmother)
Alma mater	B.Com. (Hons.), M.Sc. (Accounting and Finance) Educated at Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University and London School of Economics and Political Science, London, U.K.
Occupation	Politician
Biographical Note on Lok Sabha
Source: [1]

Jayant Singh (born 27 December 1978) is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He also served as member in 15th Lok Sabha from Mathura. He is the National Chairman of The Rashtriya Lok Dal.

Early life

He was born in Dallas, Texas, United States to Chaudhary Ajit Singh and Radhika Singh in a Jat family of the Tewatia (Teotia) clan. He originally belongs to Bhatona, Bulandshahr. He is the National President of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and was a member of Parliament from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh state in the 15th Lok Sabha.

He graduated from Sri Venkateswara College of the Delhi University and in 2002 received a master's degree in accounting and finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science. ^{[2][3] [4]}

Career

He started his political career as a member of parliament from Mathura, which has majority of Jat people. He was one of the prime movers on Land Acquisition issue and had introduced a Private Member Bill on Land Acquisition in the Lok Sabha.^[5] Jayant Singh Chaudhary was a member of the Standing Committee on Commerce, the Consultative Committee on Finance, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the Committee on Government Assurances. He has served previously on the Standing Committees on Agriculture and Finance as well as the Committee on Ethics.

He again contested from Mathura in 2014 Indian general election but lost his seat against BJP candidate Hema Malini.

Chaudhary called the Lakhimpur Kheri incident where 8 people died in a vehicle-ramming attack "not less than a terror attack".^[6][7] In May 2023, he was elected a member of the Rajya Sabha as a joint candidate of the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal.^[8]

Family

Jayant Chaudhary is married to fashion designer Charu Singh, with who he has two children. He is the grandson of Chaudhary Charan Singh, former prime minister of India and son of Chaudhary Ajit Singh, former union minister.^[9]