Bishan Singh Chuphal

Bishan Singh Chupal
Minister of Minister of Drinking Water Minister of Rural Construction, Uttarakhand government
In office 16 March 2021 – 23 March 2022
Chief Minister	Tirath Singh Rawat Pushkar Singh Dhami
Minister of Parliamentary affairs, Uttarakhand government
In office 11 September 2011 – 12 March 2012
Chief Minister	B.C. Khanduri
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister of Cooperatives, Uttarakhand government
In office 27 March 2007 – 26 June 2009
Chief Minister	B.C. Khanduri
Minister of Forests and wild animals, Environment, Watershed management, Transport, Cooperatives, Protocol, Rural Engineering, Uttarakhand government
In office 5 July 2009 – 24 December 2009
Chief Minister	Ramesh Pokhriyal
Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Didihat constituency in Pithoragarh district
Incumbent
Assumed office 1996
Preceded by	Kashi Singh Airy
5th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand
In office 13 July 2009 – 8 February 2013
Preceded by	Bachi Singh Rawat
Succeeded by	Tirath Singh Rawat
Personal details
Born	(1955-05-13) 13 May 1955
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Education	M.A. and B.Ed. from Kumaun University
Occupation	politician

Bishan Singh Chuphal (born 13 May 1955), also knowns as Vishan Singh, is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. He is a six time incumbent member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Didihat constituency in Pithoragarh district and is a former cabinet minister of Uttarakhand He is from Bharatiya Janata Party and has served as the President of the Uttarakhand unit of the party. He is one of the few politicians who has not lost an election and is the only person to serve as member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in all the assemblies since its formation in 2000.

Early life and education

He is from Didihat, Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand. He is the son of Narayan Singh, a farmer. He completed his M.A. in 1976 and B.Ed. in 1977 at Kumaun University, Nainital.

Personal life

Chuphal is married. He has three children. His daughter Deepika Chuphal is the current Zila Parishad vice president of Pithoragarh district and an entrepreneur who gained recognition for leaving a job to start a spices business to create local employment. His elder son Deepak Chuphal is an advocate by profession.

Career

He was given the responsibility of BJP Mandal President in 1980. In 1982, he was elected unopposed as the head of his village. In 1983, he was elected as the Block Pramukh of Didihat Block. He served as the district president of BJP from 1984 to 1990 and then from 1994 to 1996. He came to be known as the people's struggler, due to his simplicity and dedication towards his people.

Chuphal first became an MLA winning the 1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Didihat Assembly constituency which was part of UP before the formation of Uttarakhand state. In 1996, he defeated then incumbent Kashi Singh Airy of UKD.

Later, he won the 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party defeating Ghanshyam Joshi of the UKD. He retained the seat for the third time in the 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election defeating Hem Pant of the Indian National Congress. He became cabinet minister in the Khanduri ministry and Pokhriyal ministry. He also served as the state president of BJP Uttarakhand from 2009 to 2013. He won the seat for the fourth consecutive time in the 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election defeating Rewati Joshi, of the Indian National Congress. He again won the Didihat seat in the 2017 election beating Kishan Bhandari, an independent candidate. Later he became a cabinet minister in Tirath ministry and Dhami ministry. He won for the sixth consecutive time when he defeated Kishan Bhandari, an independent candidate again in the 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election.

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %
2022	Didihat		BJP	Won	37.69%	Kishan Bhandari		Independent	31.79%
2017	Didihat		BJP	Won	33.61%	Kishan Bhandari		Independent	29.04%
2012	Didihat		BJP	Won	46.44%	Rewati Joshi		INC	23.06%
2007	Didihat		BJP	Won	31.17%	Hem Pant		INC	25.46%
2002	Didihat		BJP	Won	39.32%	Ghanshyam Joshi		UKD	25.83%
1996	Didihat		BJP	Won	38.12%	Kashi Singh Airy		UKD	30.33%