Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon


Rajvardhan Singh is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He belongs to the royal family of Dattigaon Jagir and is a titular head of the princely estate. He is also known as Maharaja or Rao Saheb of Dattigaon. He has served as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Badnawar under Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.

Early life and education

Rajvardhan was born on 10 January 1972 at Jaipur to Prem Singh and Kusum Kumari. His father was a politician and an MLA. He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer and then went to pursue BA from St. Stephens College in Delhi. He did his post-graduation from Indian Institute of Mass Communication in Advertising and Public Relations.

Political career

He started his political career as General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress. He was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Assembly in 2003 and secondly in 2008. In mid-2018, he was appointed as a member of election campaign committee and General Secretary in state Congress unit. In order to oversee the efforts of party for 2018 assemble election, he was made in-charge of Ujjain division too. In 2014, Congress President Sonia Gandhi gave him the charge of Chhattisgarh.
During 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis, he supported senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and was one of the 22 MLAs who resigned.
After that he was join Bharatiya Janata party.