Hailing from the erstwhile royal family of Khilchipur State, he is also known as Raja Rao Bahadur Priyavrat Singh.
Priyavrat Singh has spent his political career in the Congress, starting out as a zilla panchayat member from Rajgarh district in 1998 at the age of 21.
He was elected for the record third time as an MLA from Khilchipur Assembly constituency in 2018, and was made cabinet minister of energy in the Kamal Nath ministry of the Madhya Pradesh Congress government, between December 2018 and March 2020.
[5] He became Jila Panchayat Sadasya (in very young age of 21 years) from Rajgarh district from 1998 to 2003, Based on his popularity in Khilchipur Assembly constituency, he was given ticket for MLA in 2003 from Congress Party, he won it with huge margin and became MLA (first time) from Khilchipur constituency.
Priyavrat Singh had a public exchange with Hajari lal Dangi in August 2023 when he accused the latter of inclining towards any party that is in power.