Sanjay Singh (activist)

Sanjay Singh
Personal details
Born (1972-03-22) 22 March 1972
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Aam Aadmi Party
Occupation Politician

Sanjay Singh is a social activist[1] who has campaigned for the rights of street hawkers for more than 20 years and jumped into active politics to earn money through a political outfit named Loktantrik Samajwadi Party under guidance of his political Guru Raghu Thakur later he participated in Anna Andolan which led to constitution of Aam Aadmi Party .

Personal life

Sanjay Singh was born in Pure Pandey Kamora Distt Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh in a Rajputfamily , India. He did Diploma in Mining Engineering from Orissa School of Mining Engineering in 1990.

Political career

Singh was among those who were involved in creating the Aam Aadmi Party in 2012.[2][3] He was a Core Committee Member of Team Anna[4] and spoke on behalf of it during the India Against Corruption movement.[5][6][7][8]

He was involved in a movement to clean the Gomti River by Shramdan (labour gift) and participated in a protest against corruption within the Clean Gomati River project by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.[9]

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