Shailesh Singh

Shailesh Singh is an Indian politician currently serving as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, representing the Deeg-Kumher constituency as a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party. He is the son of former Health & Industries Minister, Digamber Singh.

Following the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he was elected as an MLA from the Deeg-Kumher Assembly constituency, defeating Vishvendra Singh, the candidate from the Indian National Congress (INC), with 89,063 votes.

Early life
Dr. Shailesh Singh was born on 20 July 1980 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. He is the second child and the only son of Dr. Digamber Singh and Asha Singh.

Shailesh completed his primary and secondary education in Bharatpur district. He later attended a boarding school in Mussoorie for two years. As an undergraduate student, Shailesh pursued medicine and completed his MBBS from MGM Institute of Health Sciences in 2006.

Early Career (2008 - 2017)
After graduation, Shailesh actively engaged in family businesses and oversaw the management of his father’s commercial affairs. In 2007, he was appointed as the Director of the Shree Digamber Nursing College in Bharatpur and the Shree Digamber Engineering College in Dausa.

In the 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Shailesh successfully campaigned for his father in the Deeg-Kumher Assembly constituency. During the 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Shailesh was again actively engaged in his father’s unsuccessful campaign. These engagements introduced him to public and political life.

After the death of Dr. Digamber Singh
On 27 October 2017, after the passing away of his father, Shailesh stepped into active politics at the age of 37. He unsuccessfully contested the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election from the Deeg-Kumher Assembly constituency, marking the family’s second consecutive defeat from the constituency.

President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatpur (2019 - 2023)
On 17 December 2019, Shailesh was appointed the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatpur district. His tenure was critical of the state government’s actions pertinent to social welfare, protection of religious places and spiritual individuals and students’ rights. He is credited for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweeping five of the seven assembly seats in Bharatpur district. In view of the upcoming 2023 elections, Shailesh resigned from the post of party district President on 17 January 2023.

MLA Deeg-Kumher (2023 - Present)
On 3 December 2023, Shailesh was declared winner from the Deeg-Kumher Assembly constituency, defeating Indian National Congress’s Vishvendra Singh by a margin of 7895 votes. This was the second defeat of the erstwhile Royal family of Bharatpur State since independence, the first being in 2008, when Shailesh’s father had defeated Vishvendra.