K.D. Singh
| Dr Kanwar Deep Singh | |
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| MP of Rajya Sabha for West Bengal | |
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Assumed office 3 April 2014 |
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Kanwardeep Singh 21 August 1961 Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Harpreet Kaur |
| Website | K D Singh,KDSinghBlog |
Dr Kanwar Deep Singh (born 21 August 1961), also known as K. D. Singh, is an Indian businessman turned politician and Member of Parliament (MP), Rajya Sabha. He is also the president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and the Hockey Association of Haryana. Singh's political and business career has been marred by various controversies.
Singh was born on 21 August 1961. He started his business in 1988 under the banner of Tubro Industries. His first factory in Chandigarh produced wire mesh and link fencing. The name was changed to Alchemist in 2004. The Alchemist Group has a presence in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food-processing, real estate, infrastructure and tea estates, possessing well-known retail brands like Republic of Chicken. He stepped down from his position as Chairman of the Alchemist Group in 2012 to devote his time to political and social causes. Currently, he is the Chairman Emeritus of the Alchemist Group, while his son Karan Deep Singh now chairs the Group. K.D. Singh owns majority stake in Anant Media Private Limited, which publishes Tehelka magazine, one of India’s leading investigative weeklies. In March 2013, Tehelka reported that Punjabis in the northern state of Haryana want Singh as their chief minister.
He was conferred a Doctorate in Business Administration (Honoris Causa) by the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (U.K.).
In 2010, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) nominated him to the Rajya Sabha. Only few months later, he became a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and was made the party in-charge of northern India (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Chandigarh).
Singh is alleged to have paid his way into the upper house of Parliament. An IBN-Cobrapost investigation found that MLAs from various political parties in Jharkhand take money to vote for a particular candidate during elections. The investigation relates to the election of Kanwar Deep Singh to the Rajya Sabha on a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ticket. In November 2010, K.D. Singh left the JMM to join the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in West Bengal. Tek Lal Mahto is a MLA belonging to JMM said, “KD Singh has been spending only in one direction”- when the reporter says Singh is likely to win as he has been spending so much money. Six legislators were caught on camera apparently negotiating for money to sell their votes. The sting operation showed the MLAs purportedly demanding Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 crore.
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