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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kripashankar Singh
| country = [[India]]
| leader = [[BJP]]
| children = Sunita Singh (Daughter)

Sanjay Singh (Son)
| residence = [[Pali Hill]], [[Mumbai]]
| birth_place = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh]]
| birth_date =
| birth_name = Kripashankar Singh
| parents = Thakur Ramniranjan Singh
| office = EX [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)#List of Ministers of State|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
| office2 =
| office1 = E.X. [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Mumbai Regional Congress Committee]]
| constituency = [[Kalina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
| legislature =
| spouse =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| order =
}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{POV check|date=November 2011}}
'''Kripashankar Singh''' is an Indian politician with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was a minister of state in the 2004 [[Maharashtra]] state cabinet while in [[Indian National Congress]]. He was instrumental in Congress gains in [[Mumbai]] against [[Shiv Sena]] in the [[2009 Maharashtra assembly elections]]. He was the president of the [[Mumbai]] chapter of the Indian National Congress party until June 2011. He won the santacruz constituency in the last Mumbai elections.

==Life==
Singh hails from [[Rajput]] family in [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] [[Uttar Pradesh]].

In earlier election depositions, he had claimed to be a B.Sc. graduate; from 2004 onwards, he acknowledged only having finished high school.

Many years ago, KripaShankar was working as a machine operator at a medicine company AFD (Aglo French Department) manufacturer of Bplex-Forte multivitamin.<ref>Dainik Bhasker 15 July 2011 page No.7.</ref>

He subsequently joined Congress and rose through the ranks to become a powerful figure by the 2004 elections, when he was assigned the cabinet seat as Minister of State for Home.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharashtra: Ex-Congress Minister Kripashankar Singh Joins BJP|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/maharashtra-ex-congress-minister-kripashankar-singh-joins-bjp-7140501.html|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Moneycontrol|language=en}}</ref>

On 7 July 2021, Singh joined BJP. He had quit the Congress in 2019 over its decision to oppose NDA government’s policy on Jammu and Kashmir, he was looking for political rehabilitation. He had four options— to rejoin Congress or join NCP, Shiv Sena or BJP. After prolonged deliberations, he decided to join BJP.

===Disproportionate assets investigation===
In the 2008–09 period, several accounts held by Kripashankar's wife Maltidevi, and his son Narendra, showed deposits and transfers totaling Rs 65 crore.<ref name="outl">{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?264318|title=The Charcoal Footprints: Congressman Kripa Shankar Singh may find it hard to delink himself from Koda|archive-date= 17 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017125003/http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?264318|author=Smruti Koppikar|date=1 March 2010|accessdate=11 June 2011|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]}}</ref> The enforcement directorate found no evidence linking him to Koda.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_no-evidence-to-link-kripashankar-singh-with-koda-scam-enforcement-directorate_1418322 |title=No evidence to link Kripashankar Singh with Koda scam: Enforcement Directorate - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2010-08-03 |accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref> However, the anti-corruption investigations revealed disproportionately large assets. Despite these assets, Congress kept supporting Kripashankar; it has been suggested that he is close to some aides of Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Congress leader singed by 2g link : 2G scam: Maha Cong chief Kripashankar Singh's son gets Rs 4.5-crore loan from DB Realty
| publisher = [[India Today]]
| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/2g-maharashtra-congress-chief-kripashankar-singh-son-gets-rs-4.5-crore-loan-from-db-realty/1/138083.html
| date = 23 May 2011
| accessdate = 11 June 2011
}}</ref>

In March 2011, it was revealed that in 2008–09, [[Shahid Balwa]] had channeled Rs 4.5 crores into an account held by Narendra and his wife.<ref>{{cite news | title = Balwa aide paid Cong leader's son 4.5cr | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-27/india/29194229_1_dynamix-realty-db-realty-shahid-usman-balwa | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120701132550/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-27/india/29194229_1_dynamix-realty-db-realty-shahid-usman-balwa | url-status = dead | archive-date = 1 July 2012 | date=27 March 2011 | work = [[The Times of India]] | accessdate=11 June 2011 }}</ref> In the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|anti-corruption]] atmosphere of the time, Kripashankar had to resign. On 22 February 2012, the [[Bombay High Court]] directed the city police commissioner to prosecute Kripashankar Singh for "criminal misconduct" under the [[Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Krishna Kumar |date=March 26, 2011 |title=2G scam probe: Balwa paid Rs 4 cr to Cong leader's son|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/2g-scam-probe-shahid-balwa-paid-rs-4-cr-to-mumbai-regional-congress-committee-chief-kripashankar-singhs-son-131024-2011-03-26|access-date=2021-07-07|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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