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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Daya Shankar Singh
| image = BJP's UP Vice - President.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| office = [[Second Yogi Adityanath ministry|Minister of State (Independent Charge)]]<br/>[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 25 March 2022
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| predecessor = [[Ashok Katariya]]
| office1 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Ballia Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Ballia Nagar]]
| term_start1 = March 2022
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Anand Swaroop Shukla]]
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|51|2022|03|10}}<ref name="MyNeta"/>
| birth_place =
| birth_name =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Swati Singh (politician)|Swati Singh]]|18 May 2001|April 2023|reason=div}}
| children =
| father =
| relatives =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| occupation =
| profession = Businessperson, lawyer
| alma_mater = [[Lucknow University]], (M.A, 1998)
| relations =
| 2blankname = Ministry & Department's
| 2namedata = *Transport
}}
'''Daya Shankar Singh''' is an Indian politician and a member of [[18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly|18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] representing [[Ballia Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Ballia Nagar]].<ref name="MyNeta"/><ref name="News18">{{cite news |title=Ballia Nagar Election Result 2022 Live Updates: Daya Shankar Singh of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/ballia-nagar-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-4852463.html |access-date=14 March 2022 |work=News18 |date=10 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314193146/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/ballia-nagar-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-4852463.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] as well as the state vice-president of the party.<ref name="MyNeta"/>

==Personal life==
Daya Shankar Singh was born to Vindyachal Singh and hails from [[Rajpur, Buxar|Rajpur]] village in the [[Buxar district]] of [[Bihar]].<ref name="MyNeta"/><ref name="Bhaskar"/> He is a postgraduate and has a [[Masters of Arts]] in [[Medieval History]] from [[Lucknow University]], received in 1998. Singh is a businessperson and a lawyer by profession.<ref name="MyNeta">{{cite web |title=Daya Shankar Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Ballia Nagar (Balia) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/Uttarpradesh2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=3615 |website=myneta.info |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314193214/https://myneta.info/Uttarpradesh2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=3615 |url-status=live }}</ref> He married politician [[Swati Singh (politician)|Swati Singh]] on 18 May 2001 and divorced her in April 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dayashankar Swati Divorce अलग हुए स्वाति और मंत्री दयाशंकर सिंह 22 साल बाद टूटा सात फेरों का बंधन - Divorce Between Dayashankar Singh and Swati Singh After Marriage End After 22 Years |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-divorce-between-dayashankar-singh-and-swati-singh-after-marriage-end-after-22-years-23375702.html |access-date=23 May 2023 |work=Jagran |date=4 April 2023 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UP transport minister Daya Shankar Singh, wife Swati get divorced |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/dayashankar-swati-get-divorced/articleshow/99255594.cms |access-date=23 May 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=5 April 2023}}</ref> Singh lives in [[Lucknow]].<ref name="Bhaskar"/>

==Political career==
Active in the politics of [[Ballia]], Singh started his career in 1991 by contesting in student union elections in [[Lucknow University]] as an [[ABVP]] candidate. He was the national secretary and vice-president of the [[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]]. Singh had also contested unsuccessfully from Ballia in the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Bhaskar">{{cite news |title=बलिया सीट से दूसरी बार चुनावी मैदान में दयाशंकर सिंह:2007 में लड़ा पहला चुनाव, मिली हार; इस बार मंत्री आनंद स्वरूप शुक्ल को हटाकर दिया टिकट |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/ballia/news/first-election-contested-in-2007-lost-after-removing-minister-anand-swaroop-shukla-he-again-expressed-confidence-in-dayashankar-129380878.html |access-date=14 March 2022 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306214334/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/ballia/news/first-election-contested-in-2007-lost-after-removing-minister-anand-swaroop-shukla-he-again-expressed-confidence-in-dayashankar-129380878.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], Singh represented [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] as a candidate from [[Ballia Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Ballia Nagar constituency]] and went on to defeat [[Samajwadi Party]]'s Narad Rai by a margin of 23,239 votes, succeeding own party member [[Anand Swaroop Shukla]] in the process.<ref name="ECI">{{cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh-Ballia Nagar |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24361.htm?ac=361 |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313063749/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24361.htm?ac=361 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bhaskar"/>

Singh assumed office as the Minister of Transport on 25 March 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parveen |first1=Shafia |title=Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet 2.0: CM keeps home, vigilance, personnel; find who got what here |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/yogi-adityanaths-cabinet-2-0-cm-keeps-home-vigilance-personnel-find-who-got-what-here-10497331.html |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=Firstpost |date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=UP portfolios: Adityanath keeps home, Khanna gets finance |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/up-portfolios-adityanath-keeps-home-khanna-gets-finance/articleshow/90503735.cms |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=28 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1970s births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]
[[Category:People from Ballia district]]
[[Category:People from Buxar district]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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AnkuMalik at 16:11, 13 April 2026