Sarita Singh

Sarita Singh is an Indian politician, who is the incumbent president of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti, the student's wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). She is member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and represents Rohtas Nagar (Assembly constituency) of Delhi. Singh is also a social worker.

Personal life and education

Sarita Singh is the daughter of Awadesh Kumar Singh. After completing her Master of Arts (M. A.) in Sociology from the Delhi University (DU), Sarita Singh focussed on social work. She was aged 28 years in February 2015. Singh is a resident of Ram nagar, which is part of the Rohtas Nagar assembly constituency she represents. She is unmarried.[1][2] She is a Purvanchali, belonging to the Purvanchal area, which comprises of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.[3]

Political career

Sarita Singh is the president of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti, the student's wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).[4]

Singh was the six female M.L.A.s elected to Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi by winning the February 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. All of them were from the AAP.[5] AAP won 67 of 70 seats in the assembly. Singh won from the Rohtas Nagar (Assembly constituency), securing 62,209 votes. She defeated the sitting M.L.A. Jitender Mahajan (Jitender Kumar) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 7,874 votes.[6][7] Mahajan had defeated Mukesh Hooda of the AAP by a margin of more than 14,000 votes in the previous Delhi Legislative Assembly elections in 2013.[5]

During the election campaign, Singh's car was attacked and damaged with iron rods and wooden clubs by a group of unidentified miscreants in North east Delhi, in the night while she was on the way home.[8] The Hindu noted that she was fielded by the AAP to appease the large migrant population from Purvanchal.[3]

Posts Held

# From To Position Comments
01 2015 - Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Election affadavit". docs2.myneta.info. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Delhi Assembly: Know your MLAs". Indian Express. February 11, 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "AAP woos Purvanchal voters". The Hindu. January 31, 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "AAP names 8 more nominees, completes list for Delhi Assembly elections". CNN IBN. PTI. Jan 3, 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "6 Women Candidates Who Won Delhi Elections". Huffington Post. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Result". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India
  8. ↑ "Delhi polls: AAP candidate Sarita Singh's car attacked". Economic Times. Feb 3, 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.