Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: indian national congress 25px - spouse: krishna singh - office: member of legislative assembly - constituency: nalwa , fatehabad , bhattu kalan - children: gaurav singh , saurabh singh - name: sampat singh - website: www.sampatsingh.in Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sampat singh .
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sampat singh -lrb- born in 1949 in bhattu kalan , fatehabad district , haryana -rrb- is a former finance minister of haryana , india .he was elected to the haryana legislative assembly for the janata party in the bhattu kalan constituency in 1982 and was leader of the opposition from 1991 to 1996 .he is the most senior indian national congress legislator in 12th haryana assembly , having been elected six times since 1982 .in the past , he has handled many important portfolios in state govt as minister .