[42] He was re-elected in a landslide during the 2019 Indian general election. [26] After a one-and-a-half tenure, he took over as the Chief of Staff (COS) of the XV Corps. He is the 33rd International Fellow and the first officer from the Indian Armed Forces to be inducted. Singh has written an autobiography called Courage and Conviction. Singh served as the IO through the war. He was at the helm of the Strike Corps for about two years. After the war, the battalion to Bhutan on a training exercise with the Royal Bhutan Army. VK Singh, 1984 batch IPS officer, takes charge as MP DGP. in that year's general election. [49], Indian politician and former army general, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent charge), Minister of Development of the North Eastern Region (Independent charge), "General V.K. Since May 30, 2019, he is serving as the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways in the Second Modi ministry. VK Singh already sent his resignation to the Central government. He was re-elected to the same seat in 2019. All Rights Reserved, Telangana IPS officer VK Singh submits resignation, Telangana CM, ministers attend wedding of Owaisi's daughter, Mahesh Babu's wife Namrata Shirodkar involved in drug racket: reports, Newly-wed Poonam Pandey gets husband Sam Ahmad arrested, Muslim politicians face harassment by Yogi Government. In early 1990, the battalion embarked for Mumbai. After the ten-month course, he was appointed Colonel General Staff (Col GS) of the 12th Infantry Division at Jodhpur. It was a part of the 80 Brigade under the 25th Infantry Division. 8.5K likes. During this course, he was assigned to Whisky company of the 75th Ranger Regiment. Singh and Ramdev led a demonstration on 23 December 2012 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. After finishing the course and returning to the battalion, in early 1974, he was again sent to attend the winter warfare course at Gulmarg. [15][16], In late 1975, Singh was one of two officers selected to attend the United States Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia in the United States. He spent the next two years in Sri Lanka fighting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). [7] His maternal grandfather, Subedar Shimbu Singh, also served in the Army and hailed from the Bohra Kalan village in the Gurgaon district. He commanded the battalion for about two years in Nowshera, before taking the unit to its peace location in Faizabad. This report followed an interview given by Singh in March 2012 that caused a political row.

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