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Harivansh Narayan Singh (born 30 June 1956) is an Indian journalist and politician who is the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is a MP in Rajya Sabha representing Bihar.
Harivansh Narayan Singh | |
|---|---|
 Singh (left) with then-Home Minister Rajnath Singh (right) in 2018 | |
| 12th Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 14 September 2020 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind (14 September 2020 – 26 July 2022) Droupadi Murmu (26 July 2022) |
| Chairman | Venkaiah Naidu (11 August 2017 – 11 August 2022) Jagdeep Dhankhar (11 August 2022–) |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| In office 9 August 2018 – 9 April 2020 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Chairman | Venkaiah Naidu |
| Preceded by | P. J. Kurien |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 10 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | N. K. Singh |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1956 Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Janata Dal (United) |
| Spouse | Asha Singh |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | 14, Akbar Road, New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Banaras Hindu University |
| Profession | Politician |
He did his graduate and postgraduate in Economics from Banaras Hindu University and also holds Diploma in Journalism. He resides at Ranchi.[1][2]
He has worked in several different media publications through his career, starting with The Times of India. He served as an additional media advisor to former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. He joined the then obscure and nearly dead Hindi publication Prabhat Khabar in 1989, and scaled it to become one of the top newspapers in India, in terms of circulation. The newspaper was known for investigating many high-profile stories, including the Fodder scam.[3]
In 2014, the Janata Dal (United) nominated Singh to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Bihar for a six-year term.[4] On 8 August 2018, he was elected as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term as the candidate of the National Democratic Alliance, winning the election by a vote of 125 to 105 against the opposition candidate.[5] He is the third person ever and first in forty years to hold this post who is not from the Indian National Congress. He was re-elected as the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 14 September 2020 after he returned to the Rajya Sabha for his second term from Bihar.
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