Aditi Singh

Aditi Singh (born 15 November 1987) is an Indian politician and a state legislator from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. She is serving as a member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Rae Bareli Sadar constituency of Uttar Pradesh, having won the seat in 2017 and 2022, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly. She became one of the youngest MLAs in Uttar Pradesh upon winning her first election in 2017.

She entered electoral politics with the Indian National Congress in 2017, but her views were often at odds with the party, such as her support for the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. She also expressed support for Prime Minister Modi on several issues of national interest, She went on to win the Rae Bareli (Sadar) constituency again in 2022 as a BJP candidate.

Early life and education She was born into a political family in Uttar Pradesh. Her father Akhilesh Kumar Singh was a five-time representative of Raebareli Sadar seat, and the family has their ancestral home in Lalupur village of Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh.

Aditi did most of her schooling in boarding schools in Mussorie and New Delhi and later went to United States for higher studies but maintained close relations with her family in Uttar Pradesh. She did her Master's in Management Studies (MMS) from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in the United States before returning to India in 2014. She subsequently stayed in India due to her father's illness and eventually went on to enter politics. In a case of electoral rivalry turning violent, her vehicle was attacked by henchmen of the local politician, A. P. Singh in May 2019.

In August 2019, she came out in support of the abrogation of Article 370 noting that "It will help in integrating Jammu and Kashmir into mainstream India. It's a historic decision". On 24 November 2021 she officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. From To Position Comments 01 2017 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress 02 2022 Incumbent Member, 18th Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party

Personal life She considers herself to be a spiritual and religious person and welcomed the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. and the couple mutually separated in 2023.