Daya Shankar Singh is an Indian politician, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and the state vice-president of the BJP party.
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Daya Shankar Singh was born in 1971 (age 52; as of 2023) in the village of Rajpur, located in the Buxar district of Bihar. He received his MA in Medieval History from Lucknow University in 1998.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′7″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper (dyed black)
Eye Color: Black
Daya Shankar Singh with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
family
parents and siblings
Daya Shankar Singh’s father name is Vindiachal Singh who died in July 2022. His mother’s name is Tetra Devi. He has a brother named Jitendra.
Daya Shankar Singh’s mother, Tetra Devi
wife and children
Daya Shankar married Swati Singh, a politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on 18 May 2001. The two officially separated in April 2023 after 22 years of marriage. They have a son Aksht Singh and a daughter Akshtya Singh together.
Daya Shankar Singh with his wife Swati Singh
Daya Shankar Singh’s wife Swati Singh (right) with daughter Akshita and son Aksht
religion
Daya Shankar Singh follows Hinduism.
signature/autograph
Signature of Daya Shankar Singh
Career
politics
In 2007, Daya Shankar Singh contested the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Ballia constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, but he lost. He again contested the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Ballia Nagar constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in March 2022. He defeated Narad Rai of the Samajwadi Party by 26,239 votes and became a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was appointed as the Minister of Transport and took office on March 25, 2022.
Daya Shankar Singh during door-to-door campaigning in Ballia Nagar for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections
confrontations
Things are waiting for me
- 3 charges related to criminal intimidation with punishment (IPC Section-506)
- 1 charge relating to valuable security, will, etc. Forgery (IPC Section-467)
- 1 count of Forgery to defraud (IPC Section-468)
- 1 count of cheating and dishonestly supplying property (IPC Section-420)
- 1 Charge relating to causing damage to extort property or restraint for unlawful act (IPC Section-327)
- 1 Charge relating to voyeurism (IPC Section-354C)
- 1 The charge relates to promoting enmity between different groups based on religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc. and committing acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A)
- 4 Charges related to Intentional Offense with intent to provoke breach of peace (IPC Section-504)
- 2 Charges involving assault or criminal force to prevent a public servant from discharging official duties (IPC Section-353)
- 2 Charges relating to punishment for voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
- 1 charge relating to punishment for rioting (IPC Section-147)
- 1 charge relating to damage up to fifty rupees (IPC Section-427)
- 1 Charge relating to word, gesture or conduct intended to outrage the modesty of a woman (IPC Section-509)
defamation case
On 20 July 2016, Daya Shankar Singh made a controversial statement against BSP national president and former chief minister Mayawati, saying that she is worse than a prostitute as she is selling party tickets to candidates for the 2017 assembly elections. He was suspended by the BJP for six years as the state vice-president of Uttar Pradesh and expelled from the party. Later, an FIR was lodged against him for making derogatory remarks against Mayawati. Soon after the FIR, he fled to avoid being caught; However, he was arrested in Buxar district of Bihar on 29 July 2016. He was in judicial custody in Maui, Uttar Pradesh. In August 2016, his wife Swati Singh filed a complaint against the BSP leader for threatening her 12-year-old daughter and mother-in-law under sections 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy), 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), 504 (intentional punishment) and criminal insult. 509 (Word, gesture or action to offend the modesty of a woman). On 6 August 2016, Daya Shankar got bail in the defamation case in Mau. In March 2017, Swati Singh won the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and the suspension of her husband, Daya Shankar, was lifted. He rejoined the BJP as its state vice president in Uttar Pradesh.
BSP supporters challenge Daya Shankar Singh in defamation case
Fraud case
Subodh Kumar Singh, deputy manager of Mahindra and Mahindra, filed a fraud case against Daya Shankar Singh and his brother in Haibatpur, Uttar Pradesh in 2014 for giving a fake bank guarantee to the agency to buy a dealership. The company presented tractors and parts worth more than 1200000000000000 GEL. On inquiry with the State Bank of India, the company found that there was no bank guarantee with the bank, so the case was raised by the Deputy Manager.
income
Its income for the financial year 2020-2021 was 9,71,775 GEL.
assets and properties
movable assets
- Bank deposits: Rs. 11740
- Other assets (revolver guns): Rs. 85000
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs. 99,00,000
- Residential buildings: Rs. 1,15,00,000
Note: The given valuations of movable and immovable property are given as of 2022. It excludes assets owned by his spouse and dependents.
Net worth
Daya Shankar’s net worth was estimated at Rs 2,17,86,740 for the financial year 2020-2021. It excludes the net assets of his spouse and dependents.
Facts/Trivia
- He is both a businessman and a lawyer.
- While studying at Lucknow University, Daya Shankar participated in the student union elections as the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad candidate in 1991.
- In the 2022 assembly elections, Daya Shankar and his wife Swati Singh contested on a ticket from Sarojini Nagar constituency, but Daya Shankar Singh got a ticket from Ballia Nagar and the BJP denied the ticket to his wife.
- In 2012, Swati Singh filed for divorce, but the court rejected the petition because the husband and wife were not present. Since then they lived separately. In 2022, she filed for divorce again.
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