Ajatshatru Singh | |
Birth Date: | 1966 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Jammu, India |
Office: | Minister of Tourism, Youth Services & Sports, Parks and Gardens, Science & Technology and Transport & Information |
Term Start: | 1996 |
Term End: | 2002 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Farooq Abdullah |
Office1: | Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council |
Term Start1: | 2015 |
Term End1: | 2019 |
Office2: | Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
Constituency2: | Nagrota |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 2002 |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2014) |
Otherparty: | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (until 2014) |
Parents: | Karan Singh and Yasho Rajya Lakshmi |
Relatives: | Dogra dynasty Vikramaditya Singh (Brother) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Ajatshatru Singh (born 6 February 1966) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council[1] in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference and was minister of state with portfolios of Tourism, Youth Services & Sports, Parks and Gardens, Science & Technology and Transport & Information in Farooq Abdullah's government from 1996 to 2002. He was also Member of Legislative Assembly from Nagrota constituency from 1996 to 2002.
He is a younger brother of senior Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh and son of former Sadr-e-Riyasat Karan Singh and Yasho Rajya Lakshmi, granddaughter of the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal, Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. He is also Trustee of J&K Dharmarth Trust which was founded by Maharaja Gulab Singh.[2] His elder brother Vikramaditya Singh was a member of the Indian National Congress.
In November 2014, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of party's President Amit Shah.[3] [4] [5] [6]