Colonel
Manvendra Singh
Member of Parliament
for Barmer-Jaisalmer
In office
2004 - 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded bySona Ram
Succeeded byHarish Chaudhary
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyShiv
Personal details
Born (1964-05-19) 19 May 1964
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1999-2018)
Indian National Congress (2018-present)
SpouseChitra Singh
ChildrenHarshini Kumari Rathore (Daughter), Hamir Singh Rathore (Son)
Parent(s)Jaswant Singh (father)
Sheetal Kanwar (mother)
ResidenceJasol
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service1999– present
Rank Colonel
Unit Territorial Army
Battles/warsworked as a media advisor for General Ved Prakash Malik during the Kargil War

Colonel Manvendra Singh Jasol (born 19 May 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He joined Congress on 17 October 2018. He was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan.[1][2][3]

Early life

Colonel Manvendra Singh was born on 19 May 1964 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.

Singh worked as a media advisor for General Ved Prakash Malik during the Kargil War.

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.[4]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Rajasthan Election 2018". Rajasthan Patrika.
  2. ↑ "Cong leader Manvendra hints at returning to BJP". The Times of India. 5 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "लोकसभा चुनाव से पहले राजस्थान में हो सकता है बड़ा उलटफेर, मानवेंद्र सिंह करेंगे बीजेपी में घर वापसी!". आज तक (in Hindi). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "कांग्रेस की चौथी सूची, इंदिरा मीणा और मानवेंद्र सिंह को फिर टिकट, गौरव वल्लभ को पहली बार मौका". rajasthan.ndtv.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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