Umashankar Singh
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2012
Preceded by	Ghoora Ram
Constituency	Rasara, Ballia
Leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 2022 (19 March 2022)
Preceded by	Position Established
Constituency	Rasara, Ballia
Personal details
Born	(1971-01-02) 2 January 1971 (age 53) Khanwar, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh[1]
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bahujan Samaj Party
Residence(s)	2/3 Vipul Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Occupation	MLA
Profession	Politician

Thakur Umashankar Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Rasara constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.^[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Umashankar Singh, born in a farmer family in Khanwar a village of Rasra, Uttar Pradesh completed his basic education in government schools and joined Satish Chand College Ballia. He started his career as a student leader and contested the student union election in SC college in the year 1991 and won the election by the highest margin ever.

Political career

Umashankar Singh contested the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 2017 as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate and defeated his close contestant Ram Iqbal Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 33,887 votes. He won the 2012 Assembly election against Sangram Singh Yadav by a large margin.^[5]

As a Social Worker

He is one of the most famous politicians of Ballia, most followed politician in U.P. Eastern region, people love him, call him garibon ka messiah. He has contributed a lot to society, in February 2016 he organized group marriages of 351 Hindu, Muslim couples which in itself is a record.^[6]

Since 1 January 2017, MLA Umashankar Singh started free 40 wi-fi hotspots for the public to use, all free of cost in Rasra, Ballia constituency.^[7]

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