Sanjay Singh Tiger

Sanjay Singh Tiger (born 1974) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Bhojpur district, Bihar. He has served as MLA in Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Sandesh constituency from 2010 to 2015.[1] Currently, he is the state spokesperson of BJP's Bihar unit.[2][3]

Sanjay Singh (Tiger)
Member (MLA) of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2010–2015
Preceded byVijendra Yadav
Succeeded byArun Yadav
ConstituencySandesh
Personal details
Born1974
Amrai village, Bhojpur district, Bihar, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata party
Spouseunmarried
RelationsDharampal Singh (brother)
Parent
  • Madhav Singh (father)
Alma materAN College, Patna
ProfessionPolitician

Early life

Sanjay Singh was born at Amrai village near Bihiya in Bhojpur district of Bihar. His father's name is Madhav Singh. Sanjay Singh has studied Bachelor of Arts from A.N. College, Patna in 1993.[1]

Family

His elder brother Dharampal Singh has served 2 times as MLA from Shahpur, Bihar (1990-2000).[4][5]

Political career

Before 2010, he was a party worker when he was given ticket from the Sandesh constituency by the BJP.[6] He became an MLA in 2010 by defeating Rameshwar Prasad (ex-MLA), Vijendra Kumar Yadav (sitting MLA) and his younger brother Arun Kumar Yadav, an Independent candidate by a margin of 6,822 votes.[7]

Sanjay Singh Tiger lost the 2015 Bihar assembly election to Arun Kumar Yadav who was Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate from Sandesh.[8] On 19 October 2015, Amit Shah had campaigned for Tiger at a public rally in Jalpura Tapa village, Bhojpur district.[9][10]

References
  1. "Sanjay Singh Tiger (BJP), Constituency: Sandesh (Bhojpur district)". Myneta.info. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. "आरा बीफ मामले में दोषियों पर कड़ी कार्रवाई होगी : संजय सिंह टाईगर". News18 Hindi. 3 August 2017.
  3. "जगदानंद के मुंह से तेज प्रताप की तारीफ पर बोली BJP- 'चतुर हैं जगदा बाबू, पानी में रहकर मगर से बैर..'". ETV Bharat. 25 October 2021.
  4. "Assembly constituency: Shahpur". Election Commission. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. "Dharampal Singh, Constituency: Shahpur". Myneta.info. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. "Sanjay Singh Tiger (BJP)". Bhojpur district, Govt of Bihar. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010". elections.in. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. "Sandesh Assembly constituency election result". Result University. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. "Shri Amit Shah addressing public meeting at Tapa Jalpura Sports Stadium (Sandesh)". Bharatiya Janata Party. 19 October 2022.
  10. "Shri Amit Shah speech at Public Meeting in Jalpura, Bihar: 19.10.2015". Bharatiya Janata Party. 30 October 2022.
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