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Chaudhary Ajit Singh (12 February 1939 – 6 May 2021) was an Indian farmer leader and politician. He was the founder and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, a political party recognised in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was son of the former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh.
May 6, 2021 · Ajit Singh (1939-2021): The accidental politician who mastered the art of sharp turns On Thursday, the RLD supremo, who had handed over the baton to his son Jayant Chaudhary, passed away in Gurgaon due to Covid-19 complications, at the age of 82.
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Ajit Singh belonged to an affluent Jat family in western Uttar Pradesh. His clan was ‘Teotia’ and his family was politically active.
He resided at 244/2, Shivaji Road, Meerut, 220001, Uttar Pradesh. Later he moved to 16 Green Avenu Chruch Road Basant Kunj New Delhi 110070.
Corporate Sector
Ajit Singh completed a B.tech in Computer Science at IIT Kharagpur. Later on, he went abroad for further study. He did his masters in computer engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. After studying, he joined IBM as a computer scientist and became one of the first Indians to work there in the 1960s. He worked there for almost 17 years.
Politics
Ajit Singh came back to India when his father’s health was deteriorating. Lok Dal, a party founded by Ch. Charan Singh was at the edge of faction in the early 1980s. Ajit Singh returned from the USA at that time to maintain the legacy of the family in farmer politics. He put his feet in politics in 1986 when he joined Lok Dal as General Secretary. In the same year, he became a member of the Upper House of Parliament. After a prolonged illness, his father died in 1987, but before his death, he...
Verbal Attack on PM Modi
In his last years of active politics, he hit the headlines for making verbal attacks on Narendra Modi. In 2019, he launched verbal attacks on Narendra Modi and said,
Movable Assets
1. Cash: Rs 47,349 1. Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions, and Non-Banking financial companies: Rs 12,00,399 1. Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies: Rs 97,25,573 1. Personal Loans/Advance given: Rs 42,15,615
Immovable Assets
1. Agricultural land: Rs 9,06,97,666 1. Residential Buildings: Rs 6,02,39,000 Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable assets are according to the year 2019. MyNeta
COVID-19 claimed many people’s lives all around the world, and Ajit Singh was one among them. He got admitted to the hospital on 20 Apr 2021 due to post covid complications, and on 6 May 2021, he died on 6 May 2021.
While serving as the Minister of Industries, Ajit Singh drafted a bill with Amar Nath Verma (Secretary of the Ministry of Industry). This bill was drafted to curb the License Raj, but other partie...
May 6, 2021 · Son of former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh and founder and Chief of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Chaudhary Ajit Singh succumbed to COVID-19 on 6 May 2021 at a hospital in Delhi.
Chaudhary Ajit Singh (12 February 1939 – 6 May 2021) was an Indian farmer leader and politician. He was the founder and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, a political party recognised in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was son of the former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Ajit Singh, the son of former prime minister Charan Singh who was known as north India’s tallest farmer leader, was diagnosed with Covid-19 on April 20.
May 6, 2021 · Former Union minister and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh died at the age of 82 on Thursday, May 6. His son Jayant Chaudhary, a former MP, confirmed the news on Twitter. Ajit Singh had been suffering from the COVID-19 since April 20 and was being treated in a Gurgaon hospital.
