Vijay Kumar Singh

Who is Vijay Kumar Singh?

General Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM is an Indian politician and the Minister of State of external affairs and Minister of state for North East Region, in the current NDA Government. He contested Lok Sabha polls from Ghaziabad constituency in Uttar Pradesh where he defeated actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar by a record 5.67 lakh votes, the second highest margin of victory after Narendra Modi. He is a retired Indian Army officer who served as the 24th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. He was the first commando to be promoted general and was also the first serving Indian military chief to take the Government to court. In 2014, he successfully contested the General Elections.

He has written Courage and Conviction: An Autobiography. In 2014, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and won the Ghaziabad constituency seat in the 2014 Indian general elections.