Ravindra Singh (politician)

Ravindra Singh was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh who rose to prominence through student politics and later became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 1977. He had served as the student union president of Gorakhpur University and the University of Lucknow.

Early life
Ravindra Singh came from an ordinary family in a village to the Gorakhpur city to study. He became the General Secretary of the student union at St. Andrew's College in Gorakhpur. After contesting the next election, he became the student union president of the same college. In 1967, while pursuing his MA at Gorakhpur University, he became the President of the Students Union. He went to Lucknow University for further studies and became the student union president of the university in 1972. During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, he organized a group of young people and provided assistance to the soldiers. He used to explain the true meaning of socialism to the youth very clearly.

Political career
In 1977, he contested the assembly election on a ticket of the Janata Party from the Kauriram constituency of Gorakhpur district and was elected MLA on the first attempt. In the assembly, he presented the problems of the area point by point. He also explained their solution and despite being an MLA from the ruling party, he showed courage to criticize the government. The entire house was impressed by his words. He considered student unions, labour organizations, and employee organizations as the first school of politics.

Murder
On August 27, 1979, he was on his way to Lucknow to attend the assembly session when he was shot at Gorakhpur Junction railway station. He sustained severe injuries that led to his death three days later. At the time of his death, he was 35 years old.