Uday Pratap Singh

Uday Pratap Singh (born 18 May 1932) is an Indian politician of the Samajwadi Party in India who represented the state of Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha between 2002 and 2008. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1989–1996.

Early life and family Singh was born on 18 May 1932 to Harihar Singh Chaudhary and Puspa Yadav at Garhiya in what is now Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh.

Career Singh has been a member of the Janata Dal political party (1989–91), the Samajwadi Janata Party (1991–92) and, since 1992, the Samajwadi Party. He was elected as a member of the Ninth (1989–91) and Tenth Lok Sabhas (1991-1996) was a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes, a department of the Government of India from November 2002.

Singh is interested in Hindi poetry and promotion of Indian languages generally. Himself a Hindi poet, he has attended kavi sammelans both in India and elsewhere. He has been the National President of the All India Yadav Mahasabha