Umashankar Singh

Thakur Umashankar Singh (2 January 1971 – 5 August 2026) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Rasara constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. He was recently the only MLA from the BSP in Uttar Pradesh.

Early life and education Umashankar Singh was born on 2 January 1971 in Khanwar, a village of Rasra, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, to Shri. Ghurahu Singh, who served in the Indian Army and retired as an ex-army personnel. Belonging to a farmer family, he completed his basic education in government schools and later joined Satish Chand College, Ballia. He started his career as a student leader and contested the student union election in SC college in the year 1991 and won the election by the highest margin ever.

Political career Singh contested the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 2017 as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate and defeated Ram Iqbal Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 33,887 votes. He won the 2012 Assembly election against Sangram Singh Yadav by a large margin.

In February 2016, he organised the group marriages of 351 Hindus and Muslims.

On 1 January 2017, Singh created 40 free wi-fi hotspots for the public to use in Rasra, Ballia constituency.

Posts held

Death Singh died from brain cancer in Delhi, on 5 August 2026, at the age of 55.