Kripashankar Singh
Kripashankar Singh | |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | New Seat |
| Succeeded by | Sanjay Potnis |
| Constituency | Kalina |
| Minister of State for Home Affairs (Maharashtra) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kripashankar Singh Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | BJP |
| Children |
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| Parent | Thakur Ramniranjan Singh |
| Residence(s) | Pali Hill, Mumbai |
Kripashankar Singh is an Indian politician with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a minister of state in the 2004 Maharashtra state cabinet while in Indian National Congress. He was instrumental in Congress gains in Mumbai against Shiv Sena in the 2009 Maharashtra assembly elections. He was the president of the Mumbai chapter of the Indian National Congress party until June 2011. He won the Santacruz constituency in the last Mumbai elections.
Early life
Singh hails from Rajput family in Jaunpur Uttar Pradesh.
In earlier election depositions, he had claimed to be a B.Sc. graduate; from 2004 onwards, he acknowledged only having finished high school.
Many years ago, KripaShankar was working as a machine operator at a medicine company AFD (Anglo-French Department) manufacturer of the Bplex-Forte multivitamin.[1]
Political career
He subsequently joined Indian National Congress and rose through the ranks to become a powerful figure by the 2004 elections, when he was assigned the cabinet seat as Minister of State for Home in First Vilasrao Deshmukh ministry from October 1999 to January 2003. He became a MLA from Vile Parle in 1999. In 2009, Singh was elected to the assembly from the newly-created Kalina constituency but came third in 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.[2]
On 7 July 2021, Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had quit the Indian National Congress in 2019 over its decision to oppose the NDA government’s policy on Jammu and Kashmir, and he was looking for political rehabilitation. He decided to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In March 2024, He was named as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh
Disproportionate assets investigation
In the 2008–09 period, several accounts held by Kripashankar's wife Maltidevi, and his son Narendra, showed deposits and transfers totaling Rs 65 crore.[3] The enforcement directorate found no evidence linking him to Koda.[4] However, the anti-corruption investigations revealed disproportionately large assets. Despite these assets, Congress kept supporting Kripashankar; it has been suggested that he is close to some aides of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.[5]
In March 2011, it was revealed that in 2008–09, Shahid Balwa had channeled Rs 4.5 crores into an account held by Narendra and his wife.[6] In the anti-corruption atmosphere of the time, Kripashankar had to resign. On 22 February 2012, the Bombay High Court directed the city police commissioner to prosecute Kripashankar Singh for "criminal misconduct" under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.[7]
References
- ^ Dainik Bhasker 15 July 2011 page No.7.
- ^ "Maharashtra: Ex-Congress Minister Kripashankar Singh Joins BJP". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Smruti Koppikar (1 March 2010). "The Charcoal Footprints: Congressman Kripa Shankar Singh may find it hard to delink himself from Koda". Outlook. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "No evidence to link Kripashankar Singh with Koda scam: Enforcement Directorate - India - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "Congress leader singed by 2g link : 2G scam: Maha Cong chief Kripashankar Singh's son gets Rs 4.5-crore loan from DB Realty". India Today. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Balwa aide paid Cong leader's son 4.5cr". The Times of India. 27 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ Krishna Kumar (26 March 2011). "2G scam probe: Balwa paid Rs 4 cr to Cong leader's son". India Today. Retrieved 7 July 2021.