title: Umashankar Singh (politician)
text: # Umashankar Singh (politician)
  
  Thakur Umashankar Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Rasara constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Umashankar Singh, born in a farmer family in Khanwar a village of Rasra, Uttar Pradesh completed his basic education in government schools and joined Satish Chand College Ballia. He started his career as a student leader and contested the student union election in SC college in the year 1991 and won the election by the highest margin ever.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Umashankar Singh contested the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 2017 as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate and defeated his close contestant Ram Iqbal Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 33,887 votes. He won the 2012 Assembly election against Sangram Singh Yadav by a large margin.
  
  ## As a Social Worker
  
  He is one of the most famous politicians of Ballia, most followed politician in U.P. Eastern region, people love him, call him garibon ka messiah. He has contributed a lot to society, in February 2016 he organized group marriages of 351 Hindu, Muslim couples which in itself is a record.
  
  Since 1 January 2017, MLA Umashankar Singh started free 40 wi-fi hotspots for the public to use, all free of cost in Rasra, Ballia constituency.
  
  ## Posts held
  
  | # | From | To | Position |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 01 | March 2012 | March 2017 | Member, 16th Legislative Assembly |
  | 02 | March 2017 | March 2022 | Member, 17th Legislative Assembly |
  | 03 | March 2022 | Incumbent | Member, 18th Legislative Assembly |
  