Rao Narbir Singh is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, MLA from Badshahpur Assembly constituency of 2024-2029 Haryana Legislative Assembly, and holds 4 inisteries in 2024-29 Government of Haryana, namely the Ministry of Industries and Commerce, Environment, Foreign Cooperation, and Sainik Welfare. Exemplifying Aaya Ram Gaya Ram style of politics, he has been member of 6 different parties and switched parties at least 6 times. He is also a political dynast as his father late Mahavir Singh Yadav was a former Cabinet Minister in the State of Haryana and grandfather late Rao Mohar Singh Yadav also served as an M.L.C. in pre-partition Punjab in 1942.
He was denied ticket to contest 2019 election and hence was not a MLA during 2019-24 period. Earlier, from 2014 to 2019, he was Cabinet Minister in Government of Haryana for the Department of Public Works (B&R) and Department of Public Health Engineering (Water Supply and Sanitation).
Early life Singh was born in Gurgaon on 2 April 1961. He is a grandson of Mohar Singh Yadav who was an M.L.C. in Punjab state before partition of India and Pakistan in 1942. His father Mahavir Singh Yadav was also a former cabinet Minister in the State of Haryana.
Political career He has successfully contested Legislative elections from Jatusana (Haryana) in 1987 and Sohna (Haryana) in 1996. He has previously held the portfolios of State Home Minister in 1987 and Transport, Food & Supply and Cooperation Minister in 1996 in the Government of Haryana. He became the youngest elected representative in the country to hold the office of State Home Ministry at age 26. He also had additional charge of Sports and Printing & Stationery ministry in 1996. He unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election from Gurgaon in 2009.
Electoral record YearElectionPartyConstituency NameResult19877th Haryana Assembly Lok DalJatusana19918th Haryana Assembly Indian National CongressSalhawas19969th Haryana Assembly Haryana Vikas PartySohna200010th Haryana Assembly Bahujan Samaj PartyGurgaon200511th Haryana Assembly Bharatiya Janata PartyJatusana200915th Lok SabhaHaryana Janhit Congress (BL)Gurgaon201413th Haryana Assembly Bharatiya Janata PartyBadshahpur202415th Haryana Assembly
Career graph 1982 – Director, Central Cooperative Bank, Gurgaon 1983 – Sarpanch, Village Gairatpur Bass 1984 – chairman, Market Committee, Sohna 1987 – MLA (Jatusana constituency) 1987 – State Home Minister, Government of Haryana youngest minister at age of 25? which is record and holds till now 1996 – MLA (Sohna constituency) 1996 – Food & Civil Supplies, Transport and Cooperative Minister, Government of Haryana 2014 onward – chairman, Rao Mohar Singh College of Education, Behrampur 2014 onward - Vice-president, BJP Haryana. 2014 - Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana for Department of Public Works (B&R), Haryana Official website and Department of Public Health Engineering (Water Supply and Sanitation), Haryana
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