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| name = Dhananjay Singh
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| constituency = [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur]]
| office = [[Lok Sabha]] [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]]
| majority = 
| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 18 May 2014
| predecessor = [[Parasnath Yadav]]
| successor = [[Krishna Pratap|Krishna Pratap Singh]]
| constituency2 = Rari
| office2 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| majority2 = 
| term_start2 = 2002
| term_end2 = 2009
| predecessor2 = 
| successor2 = 
| prior_term2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|7|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| political_party = [[JANTA DHAL UNITED]]
| spouse = Meenu Singh (2006-2007)<br/>Jagriti Singh (2009-17)<br/>Srikala Reddy (2017- present)
| occupation = Politician, businessperson
}}
'''Dhananjay Singh''' is an Indian politician who was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for Rari constituency, [[Jaunpur district]] in the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from 2002 to 2009 as an independent and then one of the district's MPs in the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from 2009 to 2014 as a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] member. He has drawn scrutiny for his alleged corruption and involvement in many cases, and has been described as a "Purvanchal Bahubali" in politician And also known as "Sansad ji" from east UP (Purvanchal)

== Early life and career ==
Dhananjay Singh was born in [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] on 16 July 1975 in a Kshatriya/Rajput family. According to the Lok Sabha, he is also involved in business and farming.<ref name="LokSabha">{{cite web |title=Singh, Shri Dhananjay |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4306&lastls=15 |publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> In the late 1990s, he studied at [[Lucknow University]] and graduated with a master's in political science, and also started gaining notoriety around this time for his involvement in gang activity.<ref name="LokSabha"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Rajiv|last=Srivastava|date=12 December 2011|accessdate=2021-01-09|title=Meteoric fall of muscleman from Jaunpur|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Meteoric-fall-of-muscleman-from-Jaunpur/articleshow/11075499.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Between 1996 and 2013, Singh had been charged four times under the Gangster Act.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 May 2020|accessdate=2021-01-09|title=Former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh arrested for kidnapping|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/former-bsp-mp-dhananjay-singh-arrested-for-kidnapping/articleshow/75687487.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Singh married his first wife, Meenu, on 12 December 2006. She died ten months later on 12 September 2007. Although family members claimed that she committed suicide .<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-01-09|title=MLA's wife commits suicide|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/mla-s-wife-commits-suicide/story-wzNjchbktrUydhXFDjucRO.html|date=12 September 2007|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2021-01-09|date=13 September 2007|title=MLA's wife found dead, cops doubt suicide claim|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mla-s-wife-found-dead-cops-doubt-suicide-claim/216233/}}</ref> He married his second wife, Dr. Jagriti Singh, on 29 June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 6, 2013|first=Pervez Iqbal |last=Siddiqui|accessdate=2021-01-12|title=MP Dhananjay Singh's second wife doctor Jagriti fought polls |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/MP-Dhananjay-Singhs-second-wife-doctor-Jagriti-fought-polls/articleshow/25276145.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref> After mutual disagreement, they separated and he married his third wife, Srikala Reddy,a BJP politician, in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2021-03-15|title=देश के इस बड़े घराने की बेटी ने थामा भाजपा का दामन, दो साल पहले शाही शादी कर बटोरी थीं सुर्खियां|trans-title=The daughter of this big family of the country joined the BJP, had made headlines two years ago by marrying royal|lang=hi|url=https://www.patrika.com/lucknow-news/dhananjay-singh-wife-srikala-reddy-joined-bjp-4987450/|work=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sribala|last=Vadlapatla|date=25 September 2019|accessdate=2021-03-15|title=Huzurnagar byelection: BJP likely to field ex-MLA’s daughter|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/huzurnagar-byelection-bjp-likely-to-field-ex-mlas-daughter/articleshow/71287320.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

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