Thakur Umashankar Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India.
[2][3][4] Umashankar Singh, born in a farmer family in Khanwar a village of Rasra, Uttar Pradesh completed his basic education in government schools and joined Satish Chand College Ballia.
Umashankar Singh contested the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 2017 as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate and defeated his close contestant Ram Iqbal Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 33,887 votes.
Eastern region, people love him, call him garibon ka messiah.
He has contributed a lot to society, in February 2016 he organized group marriages of 351 Hindu, Muslim people which in itself is a record.