weekly magazine) and Real India (English weekly magazine). These journals were Oppositionist papers devoted to espousing the cause of rural India, hence their names. The Hindi weekly newspaper (later converted into a monthly magazine) won a wide and devoted readership, particularly in rural areas of the Hindi heartland. As a monthly, it was acclaimed as one of the leaders in “alternative” journalism as opposed to the “mainstream”. As Managing Trustee of the Kisan Trust, he worked closely with veteran Socialist leaders Madhu Limaye and George Fernandes, Shri Biju Patnaik, Karpoori Thakur Bihar, Biju Patnaik (Orissa) and Mulayam Singh Yadav. His close colleagues were Sharad Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan among others. They were all Trustees of the Trust and its chairman was Ch Charan Singh. After Charan Singh's death in 1987, all the veteran leaders unanimously elected him Chairman in his place. He was elected to the Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh unopposed in 1986. In 1989 he won the Lok Sabha Parliamentary seat from Agra defeating a family that had held the seat since Independence. He served as Union Deputy Minister for Railways in Mr VP Singh's government. He later served as Chairman of the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), an autonomous body with the Human Resources Ministry. Later as chairman, Governing Body of the Sri Aurobindo College, Delhi University. In 2005 he was appointed India's High Commissioner to Fiji Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Cook Islands. He served there until June 2007. His father had held the same post thirty years earlier. Besides being a sportsperson, a journalist/editor of prominent journals, a member of UP's Legislative Council, of the Lok Sabha, a Union Minister, an educationist, and a diplomat, Ajay Singh has been asked by elders of his community to head their organisations. He briefly served as President of All India Jat Mahasabha from 30 March 2013 to 12 May 2013. Offices He was the Member of Parliament from Agra constituency in 1989. He was minister of state for railways in the Indian government in 1989 and 1990. On 14 July 2005, he was also appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the Government of Tuvalu. President of All India Jat Mahasabha A general meeting of senior members of the All India Jat Mahasabha, was held on 18 July 2012 at the Deputy Speaker's Hall, Constitutional Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi to mourn the death of its