Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 5 Facts About Jitendra Singh, Looking For A Hat-Trick Of Wins From Udhampur

Dr Jitendra Singh emerged as a giant-slayer in his Lok Sabha election debut in 2014 when he defeated Ghulam Nabi Azad by over 60,000 votes.

Dr Jitendra Singh, a two-time parliamentarian and a junior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, is aiming for a hat-trick in Udhampur in the upcoming polls.

He emerged as a giant-slayer in his Lok Sabha election debut in 2014 when he defeated the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, and then a Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad by over 60,000 votes. The margin only widened manifold in 2019, when his nearest rival, Congress's Vikramaditya Singh, trailed by over 3.57 lakh votes.

Vikramaditya Singh is the grandson of Maharaja Sir Hari Singh - the last reigning Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir - and the heir apparent of the Dogra dynasty.