Vikramaditya Singh is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. He is the son of former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Late Virbhadra Singh, and his second wife, Pratibha Singh. In December 2022, he sparked controversy after his wife, Sudarshana Chundawat, registered a case against him and his mother, accusing them of domestic exploitation.
Wiki/Biography
Vikramaditya Singh was born on Tuesday, 17 October 1989 (age 33 years; in 2022) in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. His zodiac sign is Libra. He completed his schooling at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. Vikramaditya enrolled himself at Hansraj College, a constituent college of Delhi University, in New Delhi, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History (Hons). He continued his studies at the level of Master of Arts in History at the College of St. Stephen, New Delhi.
Childhood photos of Vikramaditya Singh
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 11″
Weight (approx): 80 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Family
Vikramaditya Singh belonged to the royal Rajput family of the former state of Bushahr.
Parents & Siblings
Vikramaditya’s father, Virbhadra Singh, was a politician and member of the Indian National Congress, who served six terms as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. On 8 July 2021, at the age of 87, Virbhadra breathed his last at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla after suffering from multi-organ failure. His mother, Pratibha Singh, a politician and member of parliament from the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, was appointed as the Chief of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee on 26 April 2022. Vikramaditya has an older sister, Aparajita Singh, who is married to Angad Singh, grandson of Amarinder Singh , who was the former Chief Minister of Punjab.
Vikramaditya Singh with his parents, Virbhadra Singh and Pratibha Singh
Vikramaditya Singh with his sister Aparajita Singh
Wife
On 8 March 2019, Vikramaditya got married to Sudarshana Chundawat, an art expert, digital illustrator and photographer, at the Kanotagarh palace in Jaipur. In October 2018, the couple got engaged in Udaipur.
Vikramaditya Singh with his wife Sudarshana Chundawat
Sudarshana belongs to the Amet royal family in Rajasthan and is the daughter of Thakur Dheer Singh. However, they separated after a few months of marriage.
Other relatives
Datuk Vikramaditya, Raja Padam Singh, was the 121st titled Maharaja Bushahr.
Picture of Vikramaditya’s grandfather, Raja Padam Singh
His grandmother’s name was Rani Shanti Devi. His maternal grandfather’s name is Hitendra Sen and his maternal grandmother’s name is Shanta Devi. Vikramaditya had four half-sisters, Jyotsna Kumari, Anuradha Kumari (deceased), Abhilasha Kumari (judge), and Meenakshi Kumari from his father’s first wife, Ratna Kumari.
religion
Vikramaditya Singh followed Hinduism.
Vikramaditya Singh worships in a temple
Caste
Vikramaditya Singh was a Rajput.
Address
Vikramaditya’s permanent address is Padam Palace, Rampur Bushahr, Himachal Pradesh.
Signature/Autograph
Signature of Vikramaditya Singh
Career
In 2011, Vikramaditya joined politics and became a member of the Indian National Congress. In 2013, he was elected as the president of Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress. In the 2017 state assembly elections, Vikramaditya contested from Shimla Rural constituency and won the seat by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ravi Mehta by a margin of 13,860 votes. In 2022, he contested from the same constituency and won by defeating BJP candidate Dr Pramod Sharma by a margin of 4880 votes. On January 8, 2023, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the ministry of Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Controversy
FIR for allegedly accumulating disproportionate assets
On 23 September 2015, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his son, Vikramaditya Singh, his wife, Pratibha Singh, and daughter, Aprajita Singh, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, in which they were accused of amassing assets imbalanced over Rs 10 crores. The chargesheet was filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the period 2009-2012 when Virbhadra served as Union Minister in the UPA government. He and his family members were accused of cheating and forgery charges as they invested unaccounted funds in LIC policies through agents and tried to evade income tax by claiming the illegal funds as agricultural income earned from the sale of apples. They were charged under sections 109 (conspiracy) and 465 (punishment for forgery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA).
Accused of domestic violence
On 17 October 2022, Vikramaditya’s wife, Sudarshana Chundawat, filed a case in a Udaipur court against him, her mother-in-law, Pratibha Singh, sister-in-law Aparajita Singh, brother-in-law Angad Singh, and a woman from Chandigarh, Amreen, under section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act and accused them of domestic abuse and financial exploitation. Sudarshana, in her complaint, accused Vikramaditya of having an affair with Amreen, a 38-year-old resident of Chandigarh. She alleged that Vikramaditya installed a CCTV camera in her room to monitor her and threatened and pressured her to get a divorce. When she confronts him about his affair, Vikramaditya reveals that he wants to marry Amreen, but after his father, Virbhadra Singh, who is against his relationship with Amreen, threatens to disown him, he is forced to marry Sudarshana. In December 2022, it was reported that a non-bailable warrant had been issued against Vikramaditya and his mother, Pratibha Singh by a Udaipur court, but Vikramaditya denied the rumors and said,
No order passed by the court on the issuance of a non-bailable warrant. Instead, we have received the notice. We do not evade the law. There is no default on our part, so there is no question of issuing a warrant against us.”
Where the Case Waits
Assets/Property
Movable Assets
- Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies: Rs 1,29,22,251
- Bonds, Debentures and Shares in the company: Rs 1,82,75,537
- LIC or other insurance Policy: Rs 1,20,23,597
- Personal loan/advance granted: Rs 1,60,61,563
- Motor Vehicle: Rs 63,20,000
- Other assets, such as claim/interest value: Rs 1000000
Immovable Assets
- Agricultural Land: Rs 11,93,08,940
- Non-Agricultural Land: Rs 77,82,646
- Commercial Building: Rs 11,86,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs 65,77,00,000
Note: The estimate of movable and immovable assets given is according to the year 2022. It does not include assets owned by the wife and her (small) dependents.
Net worth
As of 2022, Vikramaditya’s net worth is estimated to be Rs 95,92,56,307
Note: It does not include the net worth of the wife and her dependents (minors).
Car Collection
Favourite
- Book: India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha (an Indian author)
- Place: Sarahan in Himachal Pradesh
- Vikramaditya is called Tikka Sahib by the locals of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
- Vikramaditya loves animals, and he has a pet dog, Mr. Coco.
Vikramaditya Singh with his pet dog Mr. Coco
- Vikramaditya’s hobbies include mountain climbing, cycling, wildlife photography and reading autobiographies and history books.
- Vikramaditya is a fitness enthusiast, and he often shares his workout videos on various social media platforms.
Vikramaditya Singh poses for a picture after completing his workout session
- On 13 October 2013, Vikramaditya was elected as the president of the Himachal Pradesh State Rifle Association.
- Vikramaditya served as a member of the National Rifle Association.
- Vikramaditya participated in several rifle shooting competitions and represented his state, Himachal Pradesh, at the national level. In 2007, he won a bronze medal at the Rifle and Trap Shooting Competition.
- In 2011, Vikramaditya was elected as the president of the Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress, but the election was declared null and void by the Foundation for Advanced Management of Elections (FAME) as Vikramaditya was found guilty of violating the Model Code of Conduct, and he was barred from contesting the presidential election. HP Youth Congress 2012.
- In 2015, Vikramaditya was appointed as the director of Himachal Vikas Nigam.
- In 2017, Vikramaditya Singh became the first member of the legislative assembly from rural Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.
- In 2018, Vikramaditya and his father, Virbhadra Singh, took oath in the 13th session of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly as members from Shimla Rural and Arki State Assembly respectively. It is the first time in the history of Himachal Pradesh that a father and son pair took oath as MLAs in the same assembly session.
- In February 2019, Vikramaditya was appointed as the general secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee.
- Vikramaditya’s father, Virbhadra Singh, at the age of 13, became the 122nd Maharaja Bushahr after the death of his father Raja Padam Singh in 1947. On 10 July 2021, two days after Virbhadra Singh’s death, Vikramaditya’s “Raj Tilak” ceremony (Enthronement ceremony; the tradition followed of crowning a king/ruler, who would carry on the family legacy) began at Istana Padam in Rampur, where he was crowned “Raja Sahib” of the former kingdom of Bushahr. The ceremony was held to empower Vikramaditya as the head of the family, which made him responsible for the duties previously performed by his father. According to sources, Vikramaditya was not in favor of the “Raj Tilak” ceremony as he believed such a title did not exist in Indian democracy, but after being urged by his elderly family members, he agreed to perform it.
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