Kailash Singh Rajput

Kailash Singh Rajput is an Indian politician and a Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Currently, he serves as the Minister of State for the Energy Department of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. Kailash Singh Rajput is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party and represents the ‘Tirwa’ constituency in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh. He is a Minister of State in Second Yogi Adityanath ministry.

Early life and education

Kailash Singh Rajput became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh during his school years. While studying in Class 10, he joined the organisation and regularly attended its shakhas. He considers Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, and Kalyan Singh as his political role models. Inspired by their ideas and public life, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Political career

He contested his first Assembly election in 1996 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Umarda constituency in Kannauj district and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was re-elected from the Umarda Assembly constituency in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

In the 2017 Assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Party fielded him from the Tirwa constituency. He won the election, becoming an MLA for the third time and representing Tirwa for the first time. Based on his political work and public support in the constituency, the party again nominated him from Tirwa in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Vijay Bahadur Pal and was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the fourth time.

Posts held From To Position Comments 01 1996 2002 Member, 13th Legislative Assembly Umarda 01 2007 2012 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly Umarda 01 2017 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly Tirwa 01 2022 Incumbent Member, 18th Legislative Assembly Tirwa