Renuka Singh (Politician) Husband, Age, Biography, Kids, Family, Education, Caste & More

Renuka Singh (born 5 January 1964, Age: 59 years old) is a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the current Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in the Narendra Modi government. She is also a Member of Parliament from the Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh, which she won in the 2019 general election by defeating her Congress rival Khel Sai Singh by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes.

She is contesting the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election from the Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) seat, which she had represented twice in the past. She is hoping to regain the seat from the Congress candidate Gulab Singh Kamro, who had defeated her in the 2018 assembly election by a narrow margin of 16,533 votes.

Early Life and Family

Renuka Singh was born on 5 January 1964 in Podi village of Koriya district, which was then part of Madhya Pradesh and later became part of Chhattisgarh in 2000. She belongs to the Gond tribal community and hails from a humble background.

Her father, Kehar Singh Thakur, was an employee of the Himachal Pradesh Irrigation and Public Health Department and died in 1999 due to an illness. Her mother, Sunita Thakur, took up a job as a class IV employee in the same department after his death and raised Renuka and her elder brother Vinod Thakur.

Spouse & Children

Renuka is married to Narendra Singh, who is a businessman and a social worker. They have two sons and two daughters. Her elder son, Pranav Singh, is also a BJP leader and a member of the Zila Panchayat in Sarguja district.

Her younger son, Prabal Pratap Singh, is a lawyer and a cricket enthusiast. Her elder daughter, Priyanka Singh, is a doctor and her younger daughter, Prachi Singh, is a student.

Education

Renuka completed her secondary school education from G.S.S. School in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, and her senior secondary school education from JAV Senior Secondary School in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. 

She then graduated from Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar, Punjab, and pursued further studies at Khalsa College in Amritsar and Government College in Dharamshala.

Renuka Singh Wiki/Bio

NameRenuka Singh Saruta
Date of Birth5 January 1964
Age59 years
Place of BirthPodi, Koriya district, Chhattisgarh
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Current PositionMinister of State for Tribal Affairs; Member of Parliament from Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency
Previous PositionsMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Woman and Child Development and Family Welfare in Chhattisgarh government

Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Premnagar and Bharatpur-Sonhat constituencies

EducationGraduation from Guru Nanak Dev University
Khalsa College, Amritsar
Government College, Dharamshala
FamilyHusband: Narendra Singh

Sons: Pranav Singh and Prabal Pratap Singh

Daughters: Priyanka Singh and Prachi Singh

CasteGond (ST)
Social MediaInstagram: @renukasinghbjp

Facebook: @renukabjp

Twitter: @renukabjp

Wikipedia: Renuka_Singh_(politician)
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Political Career

Renuka Singh started her political career as a member of the Ramanuj Nagar District Panchayat in Sarguja district. She also served as the BJP Mandal President in Ramanuj Nagar. She was first elected to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 from the Premnagar constituency and became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Woman and Child Development and Family Welfare in the Raman Singh government. She was re-elected from the same seat in 2008 and continued to hold the same portfolio.

In 2013, she lost the assembly election from Premnagar to the Congress candidate Khelsai Singh, who was a former BJP leader and had switched sides before the polls. She then shifted her base to the Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) constituency and contested the 2018 assembly election from there, but lost again to the Congress candidate Gulab Singh Kamro, who was also a former BJP leader.

However, she bounced back in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and defeated Khelsai Singh, who was the Congress candidate from the Sarguja parliamentary seat, by a huge margin of 1,57,873 votes. She was then appointed as the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in the Modi government and became the only woman minister from Chhattisgarh in the Union Cabinet.

She is now contesting the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election from the Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) seat, which is considered a stronghold of the Gond tribe. She is facing a tough challenge from the incumbent MLA and Congress candidate Gulab Singh Kamro, who defeated her in the 2018 assembly election by a narrow margin of 16,533 votes.

Social Media Presence

Renuka Singh is active on social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She regularly posts updates about her political activities, personal life, and social causes. She has over 23,000 followers on Instagram, over 1.2 lakh followers on Facebook, and over 13,000 followers on Twitter.

BJP’s Renuka Singh Saruta wins Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly seat in Chhattisgarh

The Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh witnessed a close contest between the ruling Indian National Congress (INC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2023 state elections. The results, declared on December 3, 2023, showed that BJP’s Renuka Singh Saruta, the incumbent Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, emerged victorious with 55,809 votes, defeating INC’s Gulab Kamro, the sitting MLA, by a margin of 5,112 votes.

Background

The Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly seat is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category and covers parts of the Koriya district in the north of Chhattisgarh. The constituency has a total of 1,76,446 electors, of which 87,183 are male, 89,257 are female and 6 are of the third gender. The electorate sex ratio is 1,024, which is higher than the state average of 991. The literacy rate of the constituency is 70.04%, which is lower than the state average of 71.04%. The main occupation of the people is agriculture, and the main crops are paddy, maize, wheat, and pulses. The constituency also has coal mines and forest resources.

The Bharatpur-Sonhat seat has been a stronghold of the BJP since its formation in 2000. The party has won the seat five times out of seven, while the INC has won it twice. In the 2018 elections, the INC’s Gulab Kamro defeated the BJP’s Champadevi Pawle by a margin of 16,533 votes, which was 12.41% of the total votes polled. Kamro secured 38.85% of the votes, while Pawle got 26.44%. The Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J), a regional party formed by former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, came third with 20.47% of the votes.

Results and Analysis

The counting of votes for the Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly seat began at 8 am on December 3, 2023, and the final result was declared at 5 pm. The BJP’s Renuka Singh Saruta won the seat with 55,809 votes, which was 39.77% of the total votes polled. The INC’s Gulab Kamro came second with 50,697 votes, which was 36.15% of the total votes polled. The JCC’s Sukhmanti Singh came third with 18,216 votes, which was 12.99% of the total votes polled. The voter turnout in the constituency was 75.43%, which was higher than the state average of 74.65%.

CandidatePartyVotesVote ShareMargin
Renuka Singh SarutaBJP55,80939.77%5,112
Gulab KamroINC50,69736.15%
Sukhmanti SinghJCC18,21612.99%
Phoolmati Gond Karia LathiSP4,9123.50%
Lalla BaigaGSP2,8492.03%
Shyam Singh MarkamGGP2,5831.84%
SantoshiCGP1,7691.26%
NOTA2,4961.78%
Total1,40,331100.00%

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