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Virendra Singh born 31st July, 1958 is an Indian politician who was a minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh from the year 1997 to 2007. He represents the State of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Congress Party (INC) and has been Member of the Legislative Assembly from Chiraigaon (now known as Shivpur) constituency for two terms.

Early Life and Education He was born in a Kshatriya family to Jagdish Narayan Singh and Durgawati Devi at Rampur village of Shivpuri block in district of Uttar Pradesh. He did his schooling from Hathibarhi Inter College and studied science. Later, he went to Uday Pratap College, Varanasi and attained his graduation in Bachelor of Science. After graduation he decided to pursue Master of Science from Banaras Hindu University but could not finish it due to personal reasons.

POLITICAL CAREER Singh was a MLA for two terms from 1997 to 2007 from Chiraigaon (Shivpur) constituency in Uttar Pradesh (U.P). In 1997, he was forming member of Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress along with Naresh Agrawal, Rajeev Shukla, Shyam Sunder Sharma and Bacha Pathak. He became Minister of State of Agriculture, Power and Transport in Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta and Rajnath Singh governments from 1997 to 2002. He was also a Minister of State of Information Technology and Culture and Minister of state of Forest in 2003 -2005 and 2005-2007 respectively in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Government. In 2008 he joined Congress. From an early age, Singh was interested in politics. He used to join movements and roadshows. His journey of politics was inspired by late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi when she, in difficult conditions, started the movement of Garibo from Bilsi village in Bihar. Jawaharlal Nehru, who, despite being from a wealthy family, was imprisoned for many years for the independence of the country. His story of struggle for an independent India was one of the reasons he was greatly influenced to join politics. He was immersed in the ideology of the Congress. He started his journey in politics when his led movements and hard work in politics grabbed the attention of the then Congress President, Rajendra Singh who later appointed him the General Secretary of the district of Varanasi. He founded Saraswati Higher Education and Technical (SHEAT) Group of Institutions at Varanasi district in 2003.