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politician member of the Lok Sabha

Ratna Singh is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party, and represented the Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha.

Education

University of Delhi.

Career

She is often informally referred to as Rajkumari (princess) or Rani (queen), since she belongs to the derecognized Kalakankar branch of the Oudh royal family. Akshay Pratap Singh came in third, and fourth was the noted criminal-politician Ateeq Ahmed who was fighting the elections from prison. Partly, her victory has been attributed to a re-allocation of the boundaries of the electoral district, whereby Raja Bhaiya"s Kunda district was re-apportioned to a separate area.

Subsequently, in the 2014 (16th)Lok Sabha elections she was trounced by sitting Member of Parliament Rajbansh Singh.

Achievements

  • She had won from Pratapgarh in 1999, but lost the 2004 elections to Akshay Pratap Singh alias Gopalji, Ratna and Raghuraj are both related to the but hail from different branches.