Dhirendra Singh
Thakur Dhirendra Singh (born 1 November 1966) is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly and was also 17th Legislative Assembly of India. He represents the Jewar (Assembly constituency) of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He defeated Vedram Bhati, a three time MLA of Bahujan Samaj Party with a margin of 22,173 votes. Early life and education. Dhirendra Singh was born in Rabupura town of Gautam Budh Nagar district to Thakur Heeri Singh and Shanti Devi, with the family having a foothold in politics and agriculture . He attended the Chaudhary Charan Singh University and attained a Master of Arts degree in History. He is an Alumnus of St. John's College, Agra. Political career. Dhirendra Singh started his political life as a student leader in St. John's College, Agra. After having got a membership in the Indian National Congress (INC), he served on many posts. He took active role during the farmers movement of Bhatta Parsaul and came to limelight during the land acquisition movement of Bhatta Parsaul when he took the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to the village on his bike, and led  a massive protest. Dhirendra Singh raised a big movement to change the land acquisition law in India. He was the INC's candidate in assembly election 2012 but lost the seat by a low margin of votes. He quit the INC and joined BJP before the assembly polls of 2017 and was elected member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time. Noida International Airport. The Uttar Pradesh government is constructing International Airport in Jawar. For which land acquisition is proposed in the villages of Jewar area, but the local farmers did not want to give their land to  the district administration of Gautam Buddh Nagar. Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) told the UP Govt, percentage of families that have consented to the land acquisition process is less than number mandated by the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013. Due to the lag in the acquisition, Singh intevened. The MLA visited the villages to campaign for advantages of the airport to the farmers. After this twenty six farmers from Rohi, Banwari Bas, Dayanatpur, Kishorepur villages and other hamlets in Jewar along with Dhirendra Singh met the CM Yogi Adityanath  in Lucknow to ask for higher compensations for the land acquisition process.