Sampat Singh Budania was born on 20 April 1949 and is a former Finance Minister of Haryana, India.
14 Facts About Sampat Singh
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Sampat Singh was leader of the opposition from 1991 to 1996.
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Sampat Singh has held many important portfolios in state government as minister.
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Sampat Singh was born in the village of Bhattu Kalan, Fatehabad District, Haryana, on 20 April 1949.
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Sampat Singh is married to Krishna Singh and has two children.
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Sampat Singh has been elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly in 1982,1987,1991,1998,2000 and 2009.
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Sampat Singh was appointed at political secretary to Devi Lal in 1977 and held the post for two years.
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Sampat Singh stood unsuccessfully in the Bhattu Kalan constituency by-election of 1980, claiming afterwards that he lost "because of widespread use of unfair means".
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Sampat Singh won the seat in the 1982 state assembly elections.
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Between 1991 and 1996, Sampat Singh was Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly.
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Sampat Singh described the INLD as being in "complete disarray", no longer aligned with the principles of Devi Lal and subject to the nepotism of its then leader, Om Prakash Chautala.
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Sampat Singh then won the seat in the 2009 elections by defeating the sitting member, Jasma Devi of the HJC.
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Sampat Singh stood as an INC candidate for a seat in the national parliament in the 2014 Indian general election.
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Sampat Singh finished in third place in the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency.