Virendra Singh Burdak
Virendra Singh Burdak | |
|---|---|
 Virendra Singh in June 2023 | |
| Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Narayan Singh Burdak |
| Constituency | Danta Ramgarh, Rajasthan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1968 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Parent | Narayan Singh Burdak |
| Education | Shri Kalyan Govt. College, Sikar |
Virendra Singh Burdak (born 9 February 1968)[1] is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, Burdak has been elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Dantaramgarh since 2018.[2] During the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, Burdak made headlines when his estranged wife, Dr. Rita Singh contested against him from the Danta Ramgarh.[3][4]
Political career
Virendra is an Indian National Congress politician from Rajasthan. He contested the Dantaramgarh constituency in Sikar district, a seat previously held by his father, Narayan Singh Burdak, a senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president. In 2018, Narayan Singh announced retirement from politics, paving the way for his son, Virendra. Virendra won the seat and became the MLA from Dantaramgarh in 2018.[5]
In the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he again contested from Dantaramgarh on a Congress ticket and faced his estranged wife, Dr. Rita Singh, who contested against him as a candidate of the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP). The couple have been living separately since around 2018, and Dr. Singh had previously served as a district-chief of Sikar as a Congress leader.[4][3][6] Virendra won the 2023 assembly election defeating BJP candidate Gajanand Kumawat and his wife and JJP candidate Dr. Rita Singh.[7]
References
- ^ "Virendra Singh (MLA Dantaramgarh), MLA Virendra Singh, MLA Dantaramgarh". Rajasthan Link. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Virendra Singh". Myneta.info.
- ^ a b Rohmetra, Amogh (23 November 2023). "Wife vs MLA husband in Rajasthan's Danta Ramgarh. 'Nothing personal', it's about political ambitions". ThePrint. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ a b Kaiser, Ejaz (12 November 2023). "Rajasthan: Husband fights wife in Jat land of Dantaramgarh in Sikar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ "Congress veteran Narayan Singh not to contest polls". The Times of India. 15 September 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ India, Press Trust of (24 October 2023). "Couple face-off in Rajasthan's Ramgarh, wife chosen over husband on another seat". India Today. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ "Dantaramgarh Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2025.