Introduction
Rajnath Singh turns 69 today! Singh is a vastly experienced and a very fine senior politician. He is a very balanced and well spoken man. Also, he is very proficient in Hindi and is an effective orator as well. He has a cool temperament, is a very reliable and a non controversial figure.
Singh is a man of all seasons who maintains cordial relations with leaders across the political spectrum and enjoys wide acceptability. He can fit into any role assigned by the parties, and is an asset for the Modi government.
Biography
Singh was born on July 10, 1951 to Shri Rambadan Singh and Smt. Gujarati Devi. He was born in Bhabhaura village of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh.
He completed his basic education in his village. And thereafter, finished his master’s degree in Physics with first division from Gorakhpur University of Uttar Pradesh.
Rajnath Singh worked at the K.B. Post Graduate College at Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, as a lecturer in Physics.
He married Savitri Singh and the couple has two sons, Pankaj and Neeraj Singh and one daughter, Anamika Singh.
Interesting facts about singh
- He associated himself with RSS at the age of 13.
- He has a net worth of Rs 5.15 crore
- Rajnath Singh also ordered for the rewriting of history textbooks. He included Vedic mathematics in the syllabus.
- He is the first defence minister to fly in the Tejas fighter aircraft from the HAL airport in the Bengaluru. Tejas is an indigenously built light combat aircraft.
- He is fond of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- He is an ardent promoter of Hindi language.
- Also, Singh got the Anti Copying Act, 1992. The aim was to stop the practice of mass copying in the school and university exams in the state.
- He also pitched for an anti conversion law in 2015.
- Gautam Chintamani wrote singh’s biography in a book named ‘Rajneeti: A biography of Rajnath Singh’.
Singh’s Political journey
- Rajnath Singh, served as the secretary of Bhartiya jana sangh for the Mirzapur init in Uttar Pradesh, in 1974.
- He was appointed district president of the jana sangh, in 1975.
- Singh became the member of MLA from Mirzapur constituency, in 1977.
- He served as the state president of the BJP Youth wing, in 1984.
- He was also the national general secretary of the BJP Youth wing, in 1986.
- Singh became the national president of the BJP Youth wing, in 1988.
- He also had the opportunity to serve as an education minister in the Uttar Pradesh government, in 1991. He brought about prominent changes in the system.
- Rajnath Singh joined Rajya Sabha in 1994.
- He also served as the state president of Uttar Pradesh BJP from march 1997.
- Singh then gave his contribution as a Union Surface Transport Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government from November 1999.
- He became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on 28 October, 2000.
- He then became the National general secretary of BJP in 2002.
- Rajnath, was then the Union minister of agriculture & subsequently for food processing, in 2003.
- He became the National general secretary of BJP again in 2004.
- Singh was the National president of BJP in 2005.
- He was then elected M.P. from Ghaziabad and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, in 2009 and 2014 respectively.
- Rajnath Singh then became the Union Minister for Home Affairs in the Government of India, in 2014.
- He defeated his rival in the elections of Lok Sabha by over 3.4 lakh votes from Lucknow in 2019.
- Finally, he took the oath as the Defence Minister of India on May, 2019.
Achievements of Rajnath Singh
As Rajnath Singh turns 69 today, lets look at his achievements and aprreciate him for the same.
- During his tenure as state President of Bharatiya Janata Party, the party performed well. Subsequently, the party won 58 seats in the Lok Sabha.
- In the year 2000, during his term as Surface Transport Minister, he changed the name of the emission standard EURO II to Bharat State II (BS II). All the vehicles of the nation now use this as BS-3, BS-4 and so on.
- He brought down the rate of interest on agricultural loans from 14-18% to a more reasonable 8% during his term as Agriculture Minister. Singh introduced Farmer Commission and launched Farms Income Insurance Scheme. He implemented Kisan credit cards and easy loans for farmers.
- As Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he tried to restructure the reservation format of government jobs so that the backward classes among the SC and OBC get more scope.
- During his tenure as Bharatiya Janata Party President, he stressed on implementing loan facilities to farmers at 1%. This was to be implemented in the states that were run by the Bharatiya Janata Party Government and was also successful in bringing it about.
- He holds the credit for successfully installing the first Bharatiya Janata Party government in South India.
- During his term as President of the party, the record of a political party allotting 33% posts to women, was acheieved by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- While serving as the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), he wrote a book titled ‘Unemployment: Its Reasons and Remedies’.
Conclusion
We all have some strengths and weaknesses. Keeping that in mind, let us all come ahead and applaud and value singh’s efforts in building our nation. Rajnath Singh turns 69 today and we wish him a very happy birthday, good health plus a long life in serving the nation.