Published on: November 02, 2021 at 09:45 IST
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Irrigation in Government of Assam
NAME – Ashok Anand Singhal
PROFESSION – Politician
BORN – 29/12/1968
PLACE OF BIRTH – Kumarpara, Guwahati, Assam
FATHER’S NAME – Parmananda Singhal
MOTHER’S NAME – Indumati Singhal
SPOUSE – Silpi Anand Singhal
SIBLINGS – N/A
CHILDREN – 2
EDUCATION –
B. Com from Gauhati Commerce College (1990)
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE – Email
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- He is known as a ‘Man of development’, for his work in Dhekiajuli.
AWARDS – N/A
BACKGROUND – Ashok Singhal is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party and the current Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Irrigation, Government of Assam. He is also the Guardian Minister of three districts of Assam, namely Kokrajhar, Udalguri and Cachar. He was elected for the first time to Assam Legislative Assembly in 2016 from Dhekiajuli constituency. In 2021 Assembly election, he got re-elected from the same constituency.He is also the President of an NGO “Jana Jagriti”.
He was born on 29th December 1968 to Parmananda Singhal and Indumati Singhal. He is a resident of Kumarpara, Guwahati, Assam. He is married to Smt Silpi Anand Singhal and has two sons Lokesh Anand Singhal and Vivek Anand Singhal. He did his graduation from is from the Gauhati Commerce College in 1990. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM). His favorite hobby is reading. He is also a businessman and a social worker. He has travelled many countries like USA, China, Turkey, UK, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.
MAJOR INITIATIVES – Ashok Singhal runs an NGO in Assam named Jana Jagriti. He is the President of the NGO. Saving mighty river Brahmaputra was one of most important movements started by Jana Jagriti.
Jana Jagriti claimed that China was not only diverting water from the Brahmaputra (called Yarlung Zangto in China) at Great Band by constructing a tunnel but also undertaking a series of infrastructure development projects along the Tibetan plateau.
CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD –
Student leader of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
Spokesperson of BJP Assam.
The Secretary and Treasurer of Assam BJP.
2016 – MLA from Dhekiajuli constituency.
2021 – Current Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Irrigation of Assam and Re-elected MLA from Dhekiajuli constituency.
CONTROVERSIES/CASES – N/A