Thu. Mar 28th, 2024

Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and MP Member of parliament from Uttar Pradesh Kairana Hukum Singh passed away yesterday at JP hospital in Noida. He was 79 years old.

Hukum Singh

Hukum Singh (5 April 1938 – 3 February 2018)was an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the Panel of Chairpersons of the 16th Lok Sabha, and the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Water Resources.

Shri Singh hailed from the Gurjar community (Chauhan). He was previously been elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for seven terms (1974–77,1980–89,1996-2014). He has also served as a Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh governments under both BJP and the Congress.

Controversies with Shri Singh’s name :

  • In September 2013, he was named in an FIR related to the Muzaffarnagar Riots because he attended the mahapanchayat which was held despite prohibitory orders.
  •  In June 2016, he released a list of Hindu families and alleged that there had been a mass exodus of Hindus from his constituency due to the law and order situation.

Political career :

He jumped active politics in 1974, becoming an MLA for the first time on a Congress ticket. He went on to win Assembly elections seven times and held the post of deputy speaker of the Assembly from 1983 to 1985. He won his fourth term, as a BJP candidate, in 1996 and his first Lok Sabha elections in 2014.

Condolence:

After his death yesterday many political leaders expressed their grief .

Narendra Modi tweeted –

“Anguished by the demise of MP and veteran leader from Uttar Pradesh, Shri Hukum Singh Ji. He served the people of UP with great diligence and worked for the welfare of farmers. My thoughts are with his family and supporters in this hour of grief.”

Jagat prasad nadda tweeted –

“Deeply saddened at the demise of Shri Hukum Singh ji. My prayers are with the family in this hour of grief. May his soul rest in peace.”

By himani