Amar Singh Chaudhary

Amar Singh Chaudhary
Member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2017 – April 2022
Preceded byLalmunni Singh
Succeeded byVinay Verma
ConstituencyShohratgarh
Personal details
Born (1971-05-01) 1 May 1971 (age 53)
Shohratgarh,
Siddharth Nagar
,Uttar Pradesh, Indian
Nationality Indian
Political partyAzad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (2022 – Present)
Other political
affiliations
Apna Dal, Apna Dal (Sonelal) (previously)
SpouseBandana Singh
Children2
Parent(s)Santram Chaudhary (father)
Residence(s)Shohratgarh, Uttar Pradesh
OccupationFarmer[1]
ProfessionPolitician

Amar Singh Chaudhary (1 May 1971) is an Indian politician and member of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) from Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.[2] He is a former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly who represented the Shohratgarh constituency of Uttar Pradesh from 2017 to 2022 and was a member of the Apna Dal (Sonelal).[3] He left Apna Dal (Sonelal) in 2022 complaining that he felt suffocated by the Bharatiya Janata Party as they were tampering with the rights of Dalits and OBCs and he could do nothing about it while being in Apna Dal (Sonelal), a subordinate partner in NDA.[4]

He is contesting the 2024 general election as the ASP(K) candidate from Domariyaganj.[5]

Political career

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Chaudhary has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, he has represented the Shohratgarh constituency and is a member of the AD(S).[1] In 2017 elections he defeated Samajwadi party candidate Jameel Siddiqui by a margin of 22,124 votes.[6]

Posts held

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# From To Position Comments
01 March 2017 March 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info.
  2. ^ https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/news/rashtriya-jansardar-party-extended-support-to-azad-samaj-party-133018234.html
  3. ^ "SHOHRATGARH Election Result 2017, Winner, SHOHRATGARH MLA, Uttar Pradesh".
  4. ^ "UP assembly elections 2022: BJP ally Apna Dal's MLA Chaudhary Amar Singh quits, to join Samajwadi Party". The Times of India. 14 January 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. ^ "डुमरियागंज संसदीय सीटः अमर सिंह की चुनौती और सपा-भाजपा का संकट". Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Shohratgarh Election Results 2017". elections.in. Retrieved 12 November 2018.