Sangeet Singh Som

Thakur Sangeet Som is a right wing politician based in Sardhana, Meerut. He is an MLA from the Sardhana constituency.

Sangeet Singh Som
Member of Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
6 March 2012
Preceded byChandra Veer Singh
ConstituencySardhana, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1978-01-01) 1 January 1978
Faridpur, Meerut
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Preeti Som
Children2
ResidenceMall Road, Meerut
Websitewww.sangeetsom.in

Personal life and education

Sangeet Som born in affluent agricultural family of Thakur Omveer Singh in Village Alamgeer (Faridpur) in Sardhana Tehsil of Meerut District. He completed his Secondary Education from K.K. Jain Inter college Khatauli a nearby city in Muzaffarnagar District in 1997. Sangeet Singh Som is married to Preeti Som Sangeet and has two children.[1]

Popularity and political career

Sangeet Singh Som won from the Sardhana assembly seat with good margin. He is a very popular figure among the Hindu population of the area and has received various titles like “Hindu Hirday Samrat”, "Mahathakur," "Sangharshveer," etc. by different Hindu organizations.

He is one of the accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots[2] and was booked under the National Security Act on 24 September 2013.[3] Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission's report on Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 has put him on top of the list of those it has found responsible for the flare-up.[4] On 18 January 2017, Som was booked for showing clips from the riots as part of a documentary.[5]

On 7 September 2015, Som alleged that the Samajwadi Party and the Uttar Pradesh police were discriminating on religious grounds in their probe in the Janmasthami clashes, which he said was biased.[6]

Controversy

Despite being known as an anti-beef campaigner, documentary evidence revealed that Som had been personally associated with two meat processing and export companies, Al-Dua and Al-Anam.[7][8][9] Al-Dua has been described as one of India's leading halal meat export companies which exports meat to Arab countries.[7] Speaking with the Hindustan Times on October 9, 2015, Som claimed he was unaware of having been made a director of Al-Dua, and that as a "Hindu hardliner" it was not possible for him to engage in such an activity.[8] However, the next day, Som admitted to The Hindu that he was a director of Al-Dua for about two years.[7] As per The Hindu, Al-Dua's company website states:"Al Dua Food Processing are specialists in the export of quality halal buffalo, sheep/lamb, goat meat and hides."[7]

On 11 February 2017, the day of the first phase of the 2017 Assembly election, Som's brother was arrested in Faridpur for carrying a pistol into a polling booth.[10]

On 9 November 2018, Singh claimed that Muzaffarnagar should be renamed Lakshminagar.[11]

References
  1. "Sangeet Singh Som's Short Info". Online Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. "Moradabad clash: BJP MLA Sangeet Som booked for conspiracy". Times of India. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. "Sangeet Som booked under National Security Act". The Hindu. 24 September 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. "Sahai panel indicts BJP MLA, but recommends no action - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  5. "BJP MLA Sangeet Som booked for showing 'riot' documentary ahead of UP polls - Times of India".
  6. "BJP MLA alleges probe into Janmasthami clashes 'biased' - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  7. "Sangeet Som, BJP's leading anti-beef crusader, owned a meat exporting company". The Hindu. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  8. "BJP MLA Sangeet Som purchased land for meat processing unit in UP". Hindustan Times. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. "BJP Leader Sangeet Som's Links With Meat Export Firms Exposed by Documents". NDTV. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  10. "UP Elections 2017: BJP Lawmaker Sangeet Som's Brother Detained For Carrying Pencil Inside Polling Booth".
  11. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttar-pradesh-bjp-muzaffarnagar-will-be-renamed-lakshmi-nagar-mla-sangeet-singh-som-5439986/
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