Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
SINGH, SHRI MOHAN [SAMAJWADI PARTY - DEORIA (UTTAR PRADESH)]
Father's Name Shri Mahendra Pratap Singh Date of Birth 4 March 1945 Place of Birth Deoria (Uttar Pradesh) Marital Status Married on 6 July 1959 Spouse's Name Smt. Urmila Singh Children Two daughters Educational Qualifications M.A. Educated at Shri Krishna Inter College, Barhaj, Deoria and Allahabad University, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address Vill. Jai Nagar, P.O. Gaura Jai Nagar, Distt. Deoria- 274001 (Uttar Pradesh) Tel. (055680) 22806 Present Address 42, Canning Lane, New Delhi - 110001 Tel. (011) 3782284 Positions Held 1973-74 General-Secretary, All India Samajvadi Yuvjan Sabha Joint Secretary, Socialist Party, Uttar Pradesh 1977-85 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1977-79 Member, Public Accounts Committee 1977-80 General-Secretary, Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh 1978-80 Minister of State, Uttar Pradesh 1980-85 Chief Whip, Lok Dal Legislature Party, Uttar Pradesh 1983-85 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1985-86 General-Secretary, Lok Dal 1986-87 General-Secretary, Lok Dal(A) 1990-91 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Member, Committee of Privileges 1991-96 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha 1991-94 Deputy Chief Whip, Janata Dal Parliamentary Party 1994-96 Chief Whip, Samata Parliamentary Party 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-99 Member, Business Advisory Coommittee Member, Committee on Official Language Member, Committee on IndiaPress Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism Books Published Yadain Aur Batain and Bharatiya Samvidhan Ke Nirman Mein Nehru (in Hindi) Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments Contributed a number of articles in various magazines Social and Cultural Activities Associated with a number of cultural societies Special Interests Political activities, constructive and developmental work Favourite Pastime and Recreation Music Countries Visited Belgium, Germany, Holland, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A.; took part in Samajwadi Yuva Sammelan, Brussels, 1974 and also in several other countries like Germany, Holland and U.K. Other Information As a student took keen interest in debate competitions; President, Allahabad University Students' Union, 1968-69; detained for 20 months during Emergency for taking part in Jayaprakash Narayan's movement; also imprisoned several times while taking part in student agitation, 1966, occupying Anand Bhavan, Allahabad, and also in an agitation launched by Samajvadi Socialist Party on the language issue; and jailed along with Shri Madhu Limaye for participating in Satyagraha, 1973

Election Result of Deoria Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 12,49,472 Total votes polled 6,79,425 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Mohan Singh (S.P.) 2,59,804 (2) Shri Prakash Mani Tripathi (B.J.P.) 2,55,736 (3) Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh (B.S.P.) 1,08,023 (4) Shri Gaukaran Singh (I.N.C.) 21,945
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