| Honorific prefix | Colonel |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 19 May 1964 (age 62) |
| Birth place | Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
| Constituency mp | Barmer-Jaisalmer |
| Term | 2004 - 2009 |
| Prime minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Predecessor | Sona Ram |
| Successor | Harish Chaudhary |
| Constituency 2 | Shiv |
| Office 2 | Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
| Term start 2 | 2013 |
| Term end 2 | 2018 |
| Spouse | Chitra Singh (m.1994; died 2024)[1][2] |
| Parents | Jaswant Singh (father) Sheetal Kanwar (mother) |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (1999-2018), (2024-present) Indian National Congress (2018-2024) |
| Allegiance | India |
| Service years | 1999– present |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Territorial Army |
| Battles | worked as a media advisor for General Ved Prakash Malik during the Kargil War |
Manvendra Singh Jasol[3] (born 19 May 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan.[4][5][6][7]
Early life
Colonel Manvendra Singh was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. His father is Jaswant Singh, a former Finance Minister and Defence Minister of India, and mother is Sheetal Kanwar. Singh is married to Chitra Singh daughter of Bhainsrorgarh. They have two children. He is an alumnus of Mayo College and has an MA, having studied at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He is a Colonel in Territorial Army (India). Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist at the Statesman and the Indian Express, with a specialization in defence and national security affairs.[citation needed]
Singh worked as a media advisor for General Ved Prakash Malik during the Kargil War.[citation needed]
Political life
Though Singh entered politics in the late 90s, he lost his first Lok Sabha election in 1999 against Sona Ram of the Indian National Congress from Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan. In 2004, he won the Lok Sabha election by 2,71,888 votes against Sona Ram from the same constituency. He represented Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan in the 14th Lok Sabha, where he was a member of the Standing Committee on Defence. He had won from Shiv constituency as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party for Vidhan Sabha election, 2013 in Rajasthan. In 2014 he was suspended from BJP because of his campaign against BJP Lok Sabha candidate from his father's constituency. Just before 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections he quit BJP to join Indian National Congress.[8]
Career
He was elected for 14th Lok Sabha from Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan. Singh was a member of the Standing Committee on Defence, in the government of Manmohan Singh.[citation needed] He was also state minister in Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan.
References
- ^ "Congress's Manvendra Singh's wife dies in Rajasthan car accident, he's injured". India Today. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Kumar, Raju (2024-01-30). "Manvendra Singh's wife and Jaswant Singh's daughter-in-law Chitra Singh dies in road accident near Alwar". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "Decoding Vasundhara Raje-challenger Manvendra Singh's Jasol suffix". Hindustan Times. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Rajasthan Election 2018". Rajasthan Patrika
- ^ "Cong leader Manvendra hints at returning to BJP". The Times of India. 2024-01-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "लोकसभा चुनाव से पहले राजस्थान में हो सकता है बड़ा उलटफेर, मानवेंद्र सिंह करेंगे बीजेपी में घर वापसी!" (in Hindi). आज तक. 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Congress's Manvendra Singh's wife dies in Rajasthan car accident, he's injured". India Today. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "कांग्रेस की चौथी सूची, इंदिरा मीणा और मानवेंद्र सिंह को फिर टिकट, गौरव वल्लभ को पहली बार मौका" (in Hindi). rajasthan.ndtv.in. Retrieved 2024-01-06.