Rajendra Pratap Singh

Rajendra Pratap Singh
Minister of Rural Development Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Mahendra Kumar Singh
Succeeded by	Keshav Prasad Maurya
Minister of Rural Engineering Department Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 19 March 2017 – 21 August 2019
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Succeeded by	Brajesh Pathak
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2017–2022
Succeeded by	Ram Singh Patel
Constituency	Patti
In office 1996–2012
Preceded by	Ram Lakhan
Succeeded by	Ram Singh Patel
Constituency	Patti
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 1990–1996
Constituency	Pratapgarh Local Authorities
Minister of Agriculture Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 2002–2003
Personal details
Born	(1954-10-20) 20 October 1954 (age 70) Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Spouse	Urmila Singh ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	4
Nickname	Moti Singh
Source

Rajendra Pratap Singh (born 20 October 1954), popularly known as Moti Singh, is an Indian politician affiliated with the Bhartiya Janata Party. He represents Patti assembly constituency of Pratapgarh district. He has been elected as the member of legislative assembly from the same constituency for four times in a row. In his fourth attempt for re-election there were errors in counting, which was later cleared by the high court (Rajendra Pratap Singh aka Moti Singh vs Ram Singh and others, 9 August 2016). The then MLA was removed and the seat was left vacant after the decision of High Court (Lucknow Bench). He won the 2017 elections from the same seat and became a Cabinet Minister in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Cabinet. Previously, Shri. Singh served as Uttar Pradesh state Minister of Agriculture in 2003. He was cabinet minister in First Yogi Adityanath ministry.^[1]