Giriraj Singh is an Indian politician from Bihar. He served as the Union Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in the Narendra Modi government.
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Giriraj Singh was born on 8 September 1952 (age 66 years; as in 2018) in Barhiya, Lakhisarai district of Bihar. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He did his schooling from a government school in Barhiya village, Bihar. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Magadh University, Bodhgaya, Bihar in 1971. Before joining politics, he was a social worker. He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and worked with them as a volunteer. He has always been interested in farming and cattle rearing and keeps taking steps to ensure better living conditions for animals. He has also presented a research paper on animal feed based on morning biomass with the help of scientists from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
Giriraj Singh in pig breeding farm
Physical Appearance
Height: 6′
Weight: 80 kg (approx)
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Gray
Giriraj Singh
Family, Wife and Caste
Giriraj Singh belongs to Bhumihar Brahmin family. He was born to Ramavatar Singh and Tara Devi. He has a brother, Jairaj Singh. There is not much information about his family. He is married to Uma Sinha (retired teacher). He also has a daughter.
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political career
Giriraj Singh was elected as MLC to Bihar Legislative Council in the year 2002. In the year 2005, he was appointed as the Cooperation Minister of Bihar in the Nitish Kumar government. In 2010, Singh was appointed as the Minister of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development of Bihar. In June 2013, he was dropped from the post of Animal Husbandry Minister as Janata Dal-United (JDU) broke its alliance with the BJP. After the break of the alliance, 11 BJP members were removed from ministerial posts.
Giriraj Singh with Nitish Kumar
In 2013, the BJP announced his name as its candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Nawada constituency of Bihar. Giriraj Singh was not happy with the announcement of his name from Nawada; Because he wanted to contest elections from Begusarai. He won the election and was elected MP from Nawada, Bihar. On 4 September 2017, he was appointed as the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Giriraj Singh addressing the media as Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
In 2018, BJP announced the name of Giriraj Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate from Begusarai constituency of Bihar. He was ready to contest elections against Kanhaiya Kumar. Giriraj won the election by a margin of 4.20 lakh votes. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha and was also inducted as a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government.
Giriraj Singh is taking oath as cabinet minister.
controversies
- While campaigning before the 2014 general elections, Singh had said in a rally that those who oppose Narendra Modi should be sent to Pakistan as they do not belong to India. On behalf of BJP, he was asked to refrain from making such statements in future.
- Giriraj lodged a police complaint of theft at his house on 8 July 2014. They reported theft of cash, jewelery and other property worth Rs. 50,000. Police caught the thief and recovered jewelery, cash and other luxury items worth Rs. 1.14 crores. This raised many questions because according to the affidavit given to the Election Commission, he has declared cash and jewelery worth Rs 1.14 lakh. Many leaders in Bihar Assembly expressed concern over this and demanded investigation and suspension of Giriraj Singh.
- He created a major controversy on 30 March 2015 when a video of him in a closed environment with his friends surfaced online. He had to face a lot of criticism for his statement. He was accused of being racist and sexist. After the matter escalated, Giriraj Singh had to apologize in Parliament. Congress demanded his resignation and apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the video he was seen saying-
If Rajiv Gandhi had married a Nigerian woman and not a white-skinned woman, would the Congress have accepted his leadership?
- In April 2016, he had said that population control is a big issue and steps should be taken in this direction. He said that to curb population, people of all religions should produce equal number of children. In October 2016, he said that the Muslim population in India was increasing rapidly and to deal with this problem, Hindus should produce more children. He said that the rapidly increasing Muslim population is a threat to India and it has to be dealt with.
- On June 4, 2019, Nitish Kumar had organized an Iftar party in a mosque. Regarding the Iftar party, Giriraj Singh tweeted and said-
Many pictures came to the fore when we organized fruit feast on grand Navratri with so much desire and came in beautiful photos??…Why do we go to puja and show it in our karmic religion??? pic.twitter.com/dy7s1UgBgy
– Shandilya Giriraj Singh (@GirirajSinghBJP) 4 June 2019
car collection
Giriraj Singh owns a Mahindra E20 electric car (2016 model) and a Tata Nano (2012 model).
Giriraj Singh with his car Mahindra E20
property and properties
Movable property: Rs. 81.36 Lakh Cash: Rs. 1.74 LakhBank Deposit: Rs. 67.92 lakh Jewellery: 15 grams gold, worth Rs. 20,000
Features: Rs. Agricultural land worth Rs 5.87 crore. Residential building worth Rs 5 crore in Barhiya village, Bihar. Residential building worth Rs 30 lakh in Anandpuri, Bihar. 20 lakh3 Other buildings valued at Rs. 37 lakhs
Salary and Net Worth
Salary: Rs. 1 lakh + additional allowances
Net Worth: Rs. Rupee. 8.30 crore (as of 2019)
fact
- In 2013, Giriraj Singh’s name was announced as the Lok Sabha candidate for the 2014 general election from Nawada, Bihar. He reportedly went to Rajnath Singh’s house crying and requested him to change his ticket from Nawada constituency in Bihar to Begusarai in Bihar. Rajnath Singh did not change his decision and Giriraj won from that seat.
- He has often been giving controversial statements which have caused embarrassment to BJP. Although he has been warned several times by the BJP leadership and Amit Shah, he continues to make such statements.
Giriraj Singh with Amit Shah
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