Veer Singh Patel
Veer Singh Patel is an Indian politician and former MLA representing the Chitrakoot constituency in Uttar Pradesh as a Samajwadi Party member from 2012 to 2017. Prior to becoming a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Veer Singh Patel was unopposed elected as the Jila Panchayat Adhyaksh of Chitrakoot in 2005. He is the son of Dadua who was killed in 2007.
Politics
Patel got active in politics after his father Dadua died in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police on 22 July 2007.In 2016, he got into controversy for beating up an officer from the electricity department because the officer didn't agree to forgive or reduce the bills of his supporters.
Patel lost the 2017 and 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Chitrakoot and Manikpur respectively.
He also lost the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Khajuraho. He got just 40,077 votes, while the winner V. D. Sharma of BJP got 8,11,135 votes.