Arun Singh (Indian politician)

Arun Singh was elected as the Member of Rajya Sabha for the first time in December 2019 from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Again he is re elected for a consecutive second term in the upper house of the country on 2 November 2020. He has been actively involved in the parliamentary proceedings and represented the views of the government and party very assertively on various key bills and issues. Professionally being a Chartered Accountant, Singh has effectively presented the stand of the party on broad spectrum of topics in the field of economics and finance. His key interventions in the parliament includes - Discussion on the Union Budget 2020-21 and 2021–22, Insurance Amendment Bill- 2021, Working of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Foreign Contribution and regulation Amendment Bill 2020, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code etc. The party has benefitted from his intellectual rigour and capacity in the house through his above participations in debate and discussions.

Arun Singh is an Indian politician and Chartered Accountant who is the current Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 5 December 2019. He is Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary and Head Quarter Incharge from 17 June 2015.

In the meantime, he also served as the National Executive Member of BJP from 2009 to 2014. He was the State Co-Incharge (Prabhari) of Odisha BJP in the year 2013-14 and was later promoted to the post of State Incharge taking into account his diligence and efficiency. He has also been a member of the Team of Modi Campaign Committee, New Delhi, India. He served as the National Secretary of BJP from 16 August 2014 till 16 June 2015. He exhibited his hard work and ingenious skills as the National Co-Incharge for the membership drive wherein he not only directed the drive but himself travelled throughout the country to make the campaign successful under the leadership of Shri Amit Shah. The successful campaign, to which his mature and competent leadership and his proficient work were significant, led to his promotion to the post of National General Secretary of BJP on 17 June 2015.

He comes across as a leader with conviction and farsightedness. In his public speeches as well as his other discourses he has been regularly stressing the importance of development. He is deeply critical of the propagators of crime and corruption in the country that remain major obstacles in the path of nation's development and has been quite vocal about in all his media interactions. In the year 2019 he elected MP of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh;he took Oath of affirmation in Rajya Sabha on 09/12/2019.

Mr. Singh's political strategy, organizational deftness and management skills during elections remained advantageous to the party. He undertook great responsibility of managing the various processes, promoting party's propaganda and handling the media during 2003, 2008 and 2013 Chhattisgarh elections. Later he was also entrusted with the responsibility of managing Chhattisgarh in 2009 Lok Sabha elections and Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha elections.

Arun Singh entered the public life when he joined the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and began to prove his merit while working with the Sampark Pramukh. His political career started with his becoming the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He assumed the office of Vice President and National Treasurer of the youth wing of BJP from 1999 to 2004 and also became the National Convener of Investor Cell. During his tenure of the National Treasurer of BJYM, more than a lakh youth from across the country attended the two days Yuva Mahadhiveshan, the biggest ever, that was organised in Agra.

Mr. Singh has completed his primary and secondary education from Mirzapur. He is a Commerce Graduate from Allahabad University. In 1984, after graduating from the esteemed university of the country, he headed towards the national capital, Delhi, to pursue Chartered Accountancy course. In 1988, he qualified as Chartered Accountant with a meritorious All India ranking. In his 20s he travelled across the country as an auditor. Such an experience helped him understand and appreciate the diversity of cultures that are present in our country. Since his early youth days, he developed an unswerving interest in the ideology of nationalism which led to his association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He started working with the Sampark Pramukh and fulfilled all his responsibilities with earnest dedication. Subsequently, he joined the Bhartiya Janta Party's Youth wing and initiated his sincere efforts towards the expansion of the party. Since then he has become a significant and an inseparable part of the party and party's leadership.

Arun Singh was born on 4 April 1965 in the remote village of Baidha in the district of Mirzapur (U.P). His father, Mr. Vijay Narayan Singh, was a teacher and farmer. Mr. Singh inherited his hard working disposition from his parents but travelled the much difficult road of life, after he left his native place at an age of 16 and entered the wide world, overcoming the struggles through his self-determination and positive attitude.

He believes in the doctrine of Integral Humanism "Ektama Manavvaad" propounded by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1964. The doctrine proposes that India should develop following an indigenous economic model that situates the human being at the centre stage. Mr. Singh, completely in line with the doctrine, maintains that economic development meets its purpose only when the entire society is partake of that development. He is completely in faith with the ideology of BJP and the work ethics and approach of the current Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. He believes and shares the party's commitment towards the development of the nation made during the general election. Lauding the Prime Minister's leadership skills and approach towards the overall growth of the nation, Arun Singh himself has proved his able leadership qualities time and again.