

Digvijay served as the spokesperson of the Samata Party. In 1994, when George Fernandes created the Samata Party as an offshoot of the Janata Dal party, Digvijay Singh was one of the founding members along with Nitish Kumar. He remained in the Rajya Sabha until 1996. Political career ĭigvijay Singh was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1990. (SYS) In 1983, Digvijay Singh accompanied veteran socialist politician Chandrashekhar during his 'Bharat Yatra' march through the heartland of India. Early career ĭigvijay Singh got involved in politics in his student times and he was elected as the president of the prestigious student union of the Jawaharlal Nehru University from Students for Democratic Socialism. Singh was called 'Dada' by the people who knew him, an affectionate word meaning 'elder brother'.

Later, he turned down an offer to teach in Tokyo university and took up a career in politics in India. He also studied at Tokyo University for some time. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

He studied at Patna University before doing his M.A. He was also related to the erstwhile royal estate of Gidhaur. Singh was a native of Gidhaur, in Jamui district (Bihar), the only son of Kumar Surendra Singh and Sona Devi. He had also served as the President of National Rifle Association of India since 1999. He served as a Union Minister of State in the Chandra Shekhar Government (1990–1991) and later in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led National Democratic Alliance Government (1999–2004). Singh served as a Member of the Parliament of India for five times – three times in the Lok Sabha (1998, 1999, 2009 ) and two times in the Rajya Sabha (1990, 2004). He died on 24 June 2010 in London after suffering a brain haemorrhage. Patna University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Tokyoĭigvijay Singh (14 November 1955 – 24 June 2010) was an Indian politician from the state of Bihar and was an independentMember of the Parliament of India representing Banka in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Two Daughters (Mansi Singh) and (Shreyasi Singh) Union Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs Union Minister of State, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways Union Deputy Minister, Ministry of External Affairs Union Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance
