A former Congress MLC and influential identify in UP politics, Dinesh Pratap Singh left the grand outdated social gathering to hitch the BJP in 2018. (Picture: @RBLDineshSingh/X)
With 24 hours left for the deadline of submitting nominations for the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP introduced Dinesh Pratap Singh as its candidate from Gandhi turf Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh
Dinesh Pratap Singh, although a widely known face in Uttar Pradesh politics, is little identified in the remainder of India. However, the BJP has now given him the duty to grab away Gandhi turf Raebareli – a seat consecutively held by the household with Sonia Gandhi because the incumbent MP.
The saffron social gathering introduced Singh’s candidature on Thursday, with lower than 24 hours left for the deadline to file nominations for the Lok Sabha elections. However, who’s he?
A former Congress MLC, Singh jumped ship in 2018. He was elected as a member of the state legislative council thrice in 2010, 2016 and 2022; however, this time from the BJP. After he was declared because the candidate for Raebareli, he stated: “I’ve even fought towards four-time MP Sonia Gandhi, so Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi should not essential to me. Whichever Gandhi involves Raebareli, they may lose.”
His confidence doesn’t stem from nothing. Within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Sonia Gandhi’s victory margin was no less than 3.5 lakh votes. However, within the 2019 polls, when Singh stood towards her, her margin was almost halved to only 1.67 lakh votes.
Dinesh Pratap Singh was credited for this feat and the BJP’s prime management had their eye on 2024, as they plan to repeat an Amethi of 2019 in Raebareli. Smriti Irani, who equally shrank senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s margin throughout her first shot in 2014; she went on to change into an enormous killer, defeating the Gandhi scion in his personal turf in 2019.
Influential son of the soil
Singh is a son of the soil, a incontrovertible fact that places added fear to the Congress that has been toying with the concept of fielding both Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi from the seat. The social gathering, nevertheless, has been unable to call anybody up to now.
Panchavati dominates the politics of Raebareli. Actually, Singh’s residence known as ‘Panchavati’.
He’s a resident of the Gunawar Kamangalpur village, and his household has substantial dominance within the politics of Raebareli. A lot so, that from block chief and district panchayat president to MLCs and MLAs, all have chosen to remain at Singh’s home, every time needed.
Throughout his stint within the Congress, he had numerous say within the politics of Raebareli-Amethi, given his proximity to Sonia Gandhi and the belief she reposed in him that made the social gathering make him MLC twice.
Minister in Yogi 2.0, donated crores for Ram Mandir
After his efficiency towards Sonia in 2019, there was a buzz within the state about his reducing affect within the BJP. However, the saffron social gathering made him an MLC and a minister throughout Yogi Adityanath’s second tenure, hinting that its eyes have been educated on Raebareli in 2024, with or with out Sonia.
At current, he’s serving as a minister of state (unbiased cost) for horticulture, agriculture advertising, agriculture overseas commerce and agriculture export division within the UP authorities.
In 2021, as the development of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya was in full swing, Singh made a beneficiant donation of a whopping Rs 1.21 crore to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra for the development of the temple. He made headlines on the time, and this didn’t go unnoticed by the BJP management, stated sources.
Difficult the Gandhi legacy
Rabareli, a seat occupied for 4 consecutive phrases by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, fell vacant after she selected to go to Parliament by the Rajya Sabha this time. Whereas the Congress has not introduced candidates for both Amethi or Raebareli, social gathering president Mallikarjun Kharge in a latest interview stated there’s a “shock” in retailer for each seats.
Earlier than Sonia, former PM Indira Gandhi had gained from Raebareli thrice. The seat additionally elected her husband Feroze Gandhi twice in 1952 and 1957 whereas it was additionally held by Arun Nehru briefly within the Nineteen Eighties.
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