Dharam Singh Saini

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| constituency =
| office = Minister of State (I/C) Ayush, Food Security and Drug Administration [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = March 2017
| term_end = January 2022
| predecessor =
| successor =
| constituency2 = [[Nakur (Assembly constituency)|Nakur]]<ref name="17th Legislative Assembly">{{cite news|title=17th Legislative Assembly|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]|accessdate=31 August 2017|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/VSMembers/17vs_Eng.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831172109/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/VSMembers/17vs_Eng.pdf|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| office2 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = Mar 2012
| term_end2 = 2022
| predecessor2 = Mahipal Singh
| successor2 =
| constituency4 = [[Sarsawa (Assembly constituency)|Sarsawa]]
| term4 = Feb 2002 – May 2012
| predecessor4 = Nirbhaya Pal Sharma
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|04|04}}
| birth_place = Sona, [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| parents = Lal Singh Saini (father)
| citizenship =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party =[[Samajwadi Party]]<br>
[[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (2016-2022)<br>[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (2002-2016)
| spouse = Sadhana Saini
| children = 3 sons & 1 daughter.
| residence = Sona, [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]], ([[Uttar Pradesh]])
| profession = [[Physician]] & Politician
| name = Dharam Singh Saini
| image = File:Dr.dharam singh saini saharanpur.jpg
| alma_mater = Gurukul Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Jwalapur, Haridwar (''now'' [[Uttarakhand Ayurved University]] - Gurukul Campus, Haridwar)
}}

'''Dharam Singh Saini ''' is an Indian politician and is a member of the [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th]], [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|15th]], [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th]] and the [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] of India. Saini represents the [[Nakur (Assembly constituency)|Nakur]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and is a member of the Samajwadi Party political party.<ref name=" Member Profile ">{{cite news|title=Member Profile|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] website|accessdate=2 February 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/member-list.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630050217/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/member-list.htm|archive-date=30 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=" Election Results">{{cite news|title= Election Results|publisher= [[Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh]] website|accessdate=2 February 2015|url= http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Dharam Singh Saini was born in village Sona in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He attained Gurukul Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Jwalapur, Haridwar (''now'' [[Uttarakhand Ayurved University]] - Gurukul Campus, Haridwar) and earned [[Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery|B.A.M.S]] degree and is a practicing [[Ayurveda]] [[physician]].<ref name=" Member Profile"/>

==Political career==
Saini has been a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for four straight terms. During the [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th]] and [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] he represented the [[Sarsawa (Assembly constituency)|Sarsawa]] assembly constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. During the [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|15th Legislative Assembly]], he was also a minister.<ref name=" Member Profile"/> He got the ministries of Ayush, Relief and Rehabilitation.<ref>{{citation |title=CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/live-updates-on-uttar-pradesh-govt-portfolios-keshav-prasad-maurya-gets-pwd/story-JafGBgr7Oe7VXxcBsnAOdM.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=22 March 2017 }}</ref> Saini has been a proponent of premiership of [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]] for the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In 2023, in a socio-cultural program organised by Saini people called "Bhagirath Jayanti", he declared that Maurya should be Chief Minister of state of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/news/in-saharanpur-dr-dharam-singh-said-to-make-keshav-maurya-the-cm-he-will-shed-rivers-of-blood-till-lucknow-131304930.html|title=केशव के लिए खून की नदियां बहा देंगे":पूर्व मंत्री सैनी ने मंच पर डिप्टी सीएम को CM कहकर बुलाया, कहा- देश को अब योगी की जरूरत|website=Bhaskar.com|accessdate=20 May 2023}}</ref>

==Posts held==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || 2002 || 2007 || Member, [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 02 || 2002 || 2007 || Minister, Basic Education, [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
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| 03 || 2007 || 2012 || Member, [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|15th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 04 || 2012 || 2017 || Member [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly]] ||
|-
| 05 || 2017 || 2022 || Member, [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]] ||
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| 06 || 2017 || 2022|| Minister of State (Independent Charge). Ayush, Food Security and Drug Administration (MOS), [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|}

==See also==
*[[Politics of India]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
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