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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = The Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (IC), Shri Giriraj Singh addressing at the launch of the New Dress Code for Postman and Multi-Tasking Personnel of Department of Posts, in New Delhi.jpg
| alt = Giriraj Singh
| office = [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]] & [[Minister of Panchayati Raj|Panchayati Raj]]
| predecessor = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| term_end =
| office1 = [[Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries|Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries]]
| predecessor1 = ''ministry created''
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start1 = 30 May 2019
| term_end1 = 7 July 2021
| office2 = [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Independent charge)]]
| primeminister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor2 = [[Kalraj Mishra]]
| successor2 = [[Nitin Gadkari]]
| term_start2 = 3 September 2017
| term_end2 = 30 May 2019
| office3 = [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]
| primeminister3 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister3 = [[Kalraj Mishra]]
| term_start3 = 9 November 2014
| term_end3 = 3 September 2017 Served with [[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary|H.P Chaudhary]] (From 5 July 16)
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start4 = 2019
| term_end4 =
| constituency4 = [[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]]
| predecessor4 = [[Bhola Singh]]
| term_start5 = 2014
| term_end5 = 2019
| constituency5 = [[Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nawada]]
| predecessor5 = [[Bhola Singh|Dr. Bhola Singh]]
| successor5 = [[Chandan Singh (politician)|Chandan Singh]]
| office6 = [[Cabinet Minister]] [[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start6 = 13 April 2008
| term_end6 = 16 June 2013
| 1blankname6 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata6 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname6 = Minister of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries
| 2namedata6 = 26 November 2010 - 16 June 2013
| 3blankname6 = Minister of Cooperatives
| 3namedata6 = 13 April 2008 - 26 November 2010
| office7 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
| term_start7 = 2002
| term_end7 = 2014
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|09|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Barahiya]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| children = 1
| alma_mater = [[Magadh University]]
| website = {{url|https://girirajsingh.in}}
| spouse = Uma Sinha
| successor1 = [[Parshottam Rupala|Parshottam K. Rupala]]
| birth_name = Shandilya Giriraj Singh
}}
'''Giriraj Singh''' (born 8 September 1952) is an Indian politician and the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department in the [[Second Modi ministry|23rd Ministry of the Republic of India]] with a cabinet minister rank. He is the [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] from the [[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]] parliamentary constituency in the [[17th Lok Sabha]]. He has also formerly served as Minister of Cooperative, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development in the [[Government of Bihar]].

==Personal life==
Giriraj Singh was born in [[Barahiya]] town in [[Lakhisarai district]] of Bihar to Ramavtar Singh and Tara Devi.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web |title=Giriraj Singh |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/giriraj-singh |website=National Portal of India |publisher=Government of India |access-date=5 October 2019 |quote=Father's Name: Shri Ramavtar Singh Mother's Name: Late Smt. Tara Devi}}</ref> He graduated from [[Magadh University]] in 1971.<ref name="Bio"/><ref>{{cite news |title=लोकसभा चुनाव: करोड़पति गिरिराज सिंह पर आधा दर्जन मामले हैं दर्ज |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/national/story-lok-sabha-elections-millionaire-giriraj-singh-half-a-dozen-cases-are-filed-against-2478851.html |work=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]]|language=hi|access-date=28 April 2019 |date=7 April 2019}}</ref> He is married to Uma Sinha and has a daughter.<ref name="Bio"/>

==Political career==
Singh served in the [[government of Bihar]] as Co-Operative Minister from 2005 to 2010 and as Animal Husbandry minister from 2010 to 2013. He has been a staunch supporter of [[Narendra Modi]] from the beginning. He publicly supported Modi for Prime Minister for a long time. He was among the eleven BJP ministers who were dismissed by [[Nitish Kumar]] as a result of breaking the JDU-BJP alliance. He was a member of the Bihar State Bharatiya Janata Party's 16-member state election committee and a State Minister (independent charge) of the "Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises ", MP from [[Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nawada]] Constituency (2014 Indian General Election).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-11/patna/46089379_1_election-panel-state-bjp-graduate-constituency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115121054/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-11/patna/46089379_1_election-panel-state-bjp-graduate-constituency |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2014 |title=State BJP forms 16-member election panel |first=Abhay |last=Singh |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=11 January 2014 |access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>

In May 2019, he became the Cabinet Minister of the newly formed [[Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries]] after defeating CPI candidate [[Kanhaiya Kumar]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]].<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BJP's Giriraj Singh Beats Kanhaiya Kumar By 4 Lakh Votes in Begusarai |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-results-bjps-giriraj-singh-beats-kanhaiya-kumar-by-4-lakh-votes-in-begusarai-2042207 |access-date=23 September 2019 |work=NDTV.com |date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

In July 2021, he became [[Minister of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]] and [[Minister of Panchayati Raj]] in [[Second Modi ministry]] after the Cabinet reshuffle replacing [[Narendra Singh Tomar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref>

==Controversies==
In April 2016, he stirred up a controversy with his remark stating that the population should be controlled by ensuring that people of all religions have the same number of children in their families.<ref>{{cite news|title=Giriraj Singh kicks up row over population control remark|url=http://www.abplive.in/india-news/giriraj-singh-kicks-up-row-over-population-control-remark-326689|access-date=3 November 2016|work=[[ABP Live]]|date=21 April 2016}}</ref> In October 2016, he was embroiled in a controversy when he urged Hindus to produce more children. Again on 4 November 2016, Giriraj Singh stressed that the Hindus in India need to increase their population.<ref>{{cite news|title=Union Minister Giriraj Singh Urges Hindus To 'Increase Their Population'|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/union-minister-giriraj-singh-urges-hindus-to-increase-their-population-1478080|last=PTI|date=24 October 2016|access-date=3 November 2016|work=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Union Minister Giriraj Singh urges Hindus should to increase their population|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/union-minister-giriraj-singh-urges-hindus-should-to-increase-their-population-3069096.html|last=IANS|access-date=3 November 2016|work=[[Firstpost]]|date=24 October 2016}}</ref>

In January 2020, he raised controversy by remarking that Indians eating beef outside the country was "a matter of concern". He also suggested teaching Hindu religious texts to school children.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indians abroad eating beef, a matter of concern, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/patna/indians-abroad-eating-beef-a-matter-of-concern-says-union-minister-giriraj-singh/videoshow/73067608.cms |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=2 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

On 12 February 2020, [[NDTV]] reported that Giriraj Singh said sites like Deoband in UP and Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, where protests have been on for two months against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), especially by Muslim women, are breeding grounds for suicide bombers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Deepshikha |title="Gangotri Of Terror": Minister Giriraj Singh On Islamic Seminary in UP |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/union-minister-giriraj-singh-calls-islamic-seminary-in-up-gangotri-of-terror-2179055 |access-date=7 March 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=12 February 2020}}</ref>

On 23 February 2020, he made yet another controversial remark by saying "India's founding fathers made a mistake by not ensuring all Muslims were sent to Pakistan and that all Hindus were brought to India".<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=India paying price for not sending Muslims to Pakistan: Giriraj Singh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/giriraj-singh-pakistan-muslims-remark-1648746-2020-02-21 |access-date=23 February 2020 |work=India Today |date=21 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Positions held==
*2002 – May 2014: Member, [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
*2005 – 2010: Cooperative Minister, Government of Bihar
*2010 – 2013: Cabinet Minister, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development, [[Government of Bihar]]
*May 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
*1 Sep 2014 – 9 November 2014: Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.
*Sep. 2014 – 9 November 2014: Member, Standing Committee on Labour
*9 November 2014: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
*4 September 2017: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<ref name="Bio"/>
*30 May 2019: Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Outspoken Giriraj Singh to Take Charge as Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/outspoken-giriraj-singh-to-take-charge-as-minister-of-animal-husbandry-dairying-and-fisheries-2165637.html |access-date=31 May 2019 |work=[[News18]] |date=31 May 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{Official website}}

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