Prem Singh (Delhi politician)

Ch. Prem Singh
MLA, Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
1993–2013
Councillor, Metropolitan Council of Delhi
In office
1967–1990
Councillor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
In office
1958–1967
Personal details
Born (1932-12-20) 20 December 1932
Political party Indian National Congress
Residence Mehrauli
Alma mater Delhi College
As of 6 December, 2013
Source: Government of India

Chaudhary Prem Singh is an Indian politician from Delhi. He contested his first election from Ambedkar Nagar in 1958, and did not lose a single election from that constituency until 2013, when he lost the legislative assembly election to Aam Aadmi Party's Ashok Kumar.

Prem Singh was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in 1958 and 1962. He was then elected to the Metropolitan Council of Delhi four times during 1972–1983. He was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly four times in a row during 1993–2008. His name features in the Limca Book of Records for winning 10 consecutive elections from the same constituency and the same party.[1] He has also served on the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee and the All India Congress Committee.

Early life

Prem Singh was born in Lado Sarai area of Delhi. His father Chaudhary Himmat Singh was a Congress party worker and a participant in the Indian Independence movement. Prem Singh graduated in science from Delhi College (now Zakir Husain Delhi College) in 1952.[1]

Political career

Prem Singh joined the Indian National Congress in 1952, at the insistence of his mentor CK Nair, a Congress MP.[1] In 1958, he became the youngest member of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the first chairman of its Committee on Delhi Rural Area. He was re-elected to MCD in 1962. He went on to serve on the Education and Works committees of MCD, and also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Zonal Committee.[2]

In 1967, Prem Singh was elected to the newly constituted Metropolitan Council of Delhi (predecessor of the Delhi Legislative Assembly). He was re-elected to the Metropolitan Council in 1972, 1977 and 1983.[3] He served as an Executive Council member during the Fourth Metropolitan Council (1983–1990).[4]

Also in 1967, he was elected as a member of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC), the decision-making body of the Congress in Delhi. In 1969, he became a member of All India Congress Committee, the central decision-making assembly of the party. He went on to win consecutive DPCC elections in 1972, 1977 and 1983. He served as the General Secretary of DPCC during 1969–1975, and as its President in 1977 and during 1988–1992.[2]

He was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of Delhi in 1993, and went on to win the next three elections in 1998, 2003 and 2008. He also served as the speaker of the second (1998–2003) and the third (2004–2008) Assemblies.[2] In 2013, he lost the election to Aam Aadmi Party's Ashok Kumar, coming third.[5]

Personal life

Prem Singh lives in the Lado Sarai area of Mehrauli. is married to Shivkauri; the couple has 6 daughters and 2 sons.[2] His son Pramod Choudhary (born 1971) was also elected to the MCD, but lost elections in 2012.[6][7] His other son Yaduraj Chaudhary also dabbled in politics as a member of the Delhi Youth Congress.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ch Prem Singh: Congress (Ambedkar Nagar)". Hindustan Times. 2008-10-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ch. Prem Singh". Delhi Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Ch. Prem Singh". Delhi Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Delhi Metropolitan Council". Delhi Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Delhi election results: Sheila Dikshit staring at ignominious defeat against Kejriwal, resigns as CM". Indian Express. 2013-12-08.
  6. ↑ "Municipal Councillor (180) Dakshin Puri Extn (SC)". Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  7. ↑ Roushan Ali (2013-11-27). "Ambedkar Nagar seat set for triangular fight". Millennium Post.
  8. ↑ Rajiv Bajpai (2010-10-27). "Cong leaders start packing Delhi unit with sons, daughters". Indian Express.
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