Gajendra Singh, who committed suicide at the Aam Aadmi Party rally in
Delhi was a resident of Dausa in Rajasthan. While there are reports
that Singh was a farmer, he was not just a farmer but he was also an
active social and political worker. He has even fought Rajasthan Vidhan
Sabha elections in the past.
Since his younger days, he was actively involved with his uncle
Gopal Singh Nangal in politics. Nangal has been a village head and a
sarpanch.
Gajendra Singh began his political career with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He took part in local events of the party and had even wanted to fight
elections for the BJP. In 2003, when Singh did not manage to get a
ticket from the BJP, he joined the Samajwadi Party
Gajendra Singh fought elections in 2003 but faced defeat at the hands of BJP's Alka
Singh. Despite his loss, he continued to remain in politics and was a
member of the SP till 2013. During this period, he took became a
district president as well as became a member of the state working
committee
In 2013, in a hope to get a ticket to contest Vidhan Sabha polls
again, Singh switched to Congress. But when he did not get any positive
response, he joined the AAP.
Gajendra Singh had a business of turbans. He has tied turbans on the heads of
several Indian and foreign dignitories in the past. These include former
US president Bill Clinton, Nepal president Parmanand, BJP leaders Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, Murli Manohar Joshi and several others.
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