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Singh was elected from Soraon [15] to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1969 as a member of the Congress Party and became the chief whip for the legislative party. He got elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971 and was appointed a Deputy Minister of Commerce by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974.
V.P. Singh, politician and government official who was prime minister of India 1989–90. He was the principal founder in 1988 of the Janata Dal political party, which he used as a cornerstone to create a large nationwide opposition coalition called the National Front.
5 days ago · V.P. Singh, who had initially denied any interest in becoming prime minister, emerged after the 1989 elections as the leader of the loosely knit JD coalition whose extreme wings were basically antipathetic to each other.
He was the Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) in July 16, 1983; on September 1, 1984 he was elected President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and on December 31, 1984 he became the Union Finance Minister.
Dec 26, 2005 · Vishwanath Pratap Singh was the first Indian prime minister to lead a minority government which enjoyed majority support from outsideâ he had the support of both the right and the left, the BJP and the CPI(M).
Dec 26, 2023 · In 1985, VP Singh was appointed as the Finance Minister of India under Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government. He presented a revolutionary budget that aimed to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.
Since Rajiv Gandhi could not form the Government, though he was heading the single largest party, V P Singh formed the 'National Front Government' on 2nd December 1989. Devi Lal became the Deputy Prime Minister. Left parties and BJP gave outside support to V P Singh. Rajiv Gandhi became the leader of the opposition.
Singh becomes the 7th Prime Minister of India, after the loss of Rajiv Gandhi in the 1989 Indian general election. Singh's newly formed National Front (India) won 143 seats in the Lok Sabha and was supported by Bharatiya Janata Party from outside.
As Prime Minister, V. P. Singh implemented several important initiatives, including the Mandal Commission recommendations for reservation of jobs for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agricultural University, and the National Front coalition government.
May 16, 2024 · Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister on December 2, 1989, with former Haryana Chief Minister Devi Lal as his Deputy. The BJP and Left Front led by the CPI(M) supported V P Singh’s government from the outside.
