Amar Singh Chaudhary

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Amar Singh Chaudhary | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency = Shohratgarh | office = Member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | term_start = March 2017 | term_end = April 2022 | predecessor = Lalmunni Singh | successor = Vinay Verma | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | spouse = Bandana Singh | party = Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (2022 – Present) | other_party = Apna Dal, Apna Dal (Sonelal) (previously) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Shohratgarh,<br /> Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, Indian | children = 2 | alma_mater = | profession = Politician | parents = Santram Chaudhary (father) | occupation = Farmer<ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher= my neta.info|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4330}}</ref> }}

'''Amar Singh Chaudhary''' (1 May 1971) is an Indian politician and member of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) from Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/news/rashtriya-jansardar-party-extended-support-to-azad-samaj-party-133018234.html</ref> He is a former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly who represented the Shohratgarh constituency of Uttar Pradesh from 2017 to 2022 and was a member of the Apna Dal (Sonelal).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/shohratgarh-mla-results|title = SHOHRATGARH Election Result 2017, Winner, SHOHRATGARH MLA, Uttar Pradesh}}</ref> He left Apna Dal (Sonelal) in 2022 complaining that he felt suffocated by the Bharatiya Janata Party as they were tampering with the rights of Dalits and OBCs and he could do nothing about it while being in Apna Dal (Sonelal), a subordinate partner in NDA.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-14 |title=UP assembly elections 2022: BJP ally Apna Dal’s MLA Chaudhary Amar Singh quits, to join Samajwadi Party |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-assembly-elections-2022-bjp-ally-apna-dals-mla-chaudhary-amar-singh-quits-to-join-samajwadi-party/articleshow/88889372.cms |access-date=2024-10-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

He is contesting the 2024 general election as the ASP(K) candidate from Domariyaganj.<ref>{{Cite web |title=डुमरियागंज संसदीय सीटः अमर सिंह की चुनौती और सपा-भाजपा का संकट |url=https://kapilvastupost.com/chaudhary-amar-singh-asp-dr-2/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Political career== Chaudhary has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, he has represented the Shohratgarh constituency and is a member of the AD(S).<ref name="Candidate affidavit"/> In 2017 elections he defeated Samajwadi party candidate Jameel Siddiqui by a margin of 22,124 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/shohratgarh.html|title=Shohratgarh Election Results 2017|work=elections.in|accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref>

==Posts held== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments |- | 01 ||March 2017 || March 2022 || Member, 17th Legislative Assembly || |- |}

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