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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Dharmpal Singh
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| alt = Dharmpal Singh
| caption =
| office = Minister of Animal Husbandry & Dairying [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start = 25 March 2022
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| predecessor = [[Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh]]
| office1 = Minister of Irrigation [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 19 March 2017
| term_end1 = 21 August 2019
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| successor1 = [[Mahendra Kumar Singh]]
| office2 = Minister of Labour [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 11 October 2002
| term_end2 = 29 August 2003
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Mayawati]]
| office3 = Minister of Panchayat Raj [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 21 September 1997
| term_end3 = 8 March 2002
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Kalyan Singh]] [[Ram Prakash Gupta]] [[Rajnath Singh]]
| office4 = Minister of state for Public Works & Tourism [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start4 = 27 March 1997
| term_end4 = 20 September 1997
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4 = [[Mayawati]]
| 2blankname4 = Minister
| 2namedata4 = [[Kalraj Mishra]]
| office5 = Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start5 = 2012
| predecessor5 = Radha Krishna
| constituency5 = [[Aonla (Assembly constituency)|Aonla]]
| term_start6 = 1996
| term_end6 = 2007
| predecessor6 = Mahipal Yadav
| successor6 = Radha Krishna
| constituency6 = [[Aonla (Assembly constituency)|Aonla]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|1|15}}
| birth_place = Bareilly district
| birth_name =
| father =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Vandana Singh|1970}}
| children = 3 sons
| residence = Bareilly district
| alma_mater = [[M. J. P. Rohilkhand University]]
| education = [[LLB]], [[Bachelor of Education|B.Ed]]
| occupation =
| profession = {{hlist|Politician|teacher|farmer}}
| source = http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/12138/17
}}

'''Dharmpal Singh''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] in India.<ref name="Member Profile">{{cite news|title=Member Profile|publisher=Legislative Assembly official website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/members_profile/126.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher=My neta.info|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=2117}}</ref> He is currently the cabinet minister of irrigation and represents the [[Aonla (Assembly constituency)|Aonla]] constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] political party.<ref name="2012 Election Results">{{cite news|title=2012 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}</ref><ref name="2002 Election Results">{{cite news|title=2002 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1996 Election Results">{{cite news|title=1996 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf}}</ref><ref name="All MLAs from constituency">{{cite news|title=All MLAs from constituency|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=1 December 2015|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/aonla.html}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Dharmpal Singh was born in Bareilly district in a [[Lodhi (caste)|Lodhi]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/yogi-adityanath-oath-ceremony-bareilly-mla-arun-kumar-saxena-and-dharam-pal-singh-become-minister-ann-2088708|title=Yogi Aditynath oath ceremony}}</ref> He attended the [[M. J. P. Rohilkhand University]] and attained [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]], [[Bachelor of Education|BEd]] and [[Master of Arts|MA]] degrees.<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>

==Political career==
Dharmpal Singh has been a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for five terms. He represented the [[Aonla (Assembly constituency)|Aonla]] constituency and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] political party.<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit"/>

He won his seat in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election]] to Sidh raj Singh of the [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/etmadpur-mla-results|title = ETMADPUR Election Result 2017, Winner, ETMADPUR MLA, Uttar Pradesh}}</ref>

==Member of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! From !! To !! MLA in Assembly
|-
| 01 || 2017 || 2022 || Member, [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| 02 || 2012 || 2017 || Member, [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| 03 || 2002 || 2007 || Member, [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| 04 || 1996 || 2002 || Member, [[13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|13th Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|}

==Political position==
===Cow===
In May 2022, he said, "sprinkling cow urine will remove obstacles in the house", the Goddess Ganga "resides in the urine of the cow" and "Sprinkling it in the house removes vastu defects or any other obstacles". He added that [[Goddess Lakshmi]] resides in cow dung.<ref>{{cite news |title='Sprinkle cow urine in house to remove obstacles': UP minister's bizarre advice |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/may/14/sprinkle-cow-urine-in-house-to-remove-obstacles-up-ministers-bizarre-advice-2453470.html |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=The New Indian Express |date=14 May 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Aonla (Assembly constituency)]]
* [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

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== References ==
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:People from Bareilly district]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Yogi ministry]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]

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