T.P. Singh Rawat is a member of 14th Lok Sabha. He was elected from Garhwal in Uttarakhand state in India in a by-poll in 2008 as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Lt. Gen. in the Indian army. He was decorated with PVSM and VSM. After retirement in 2000 he joined politics and served as a minister in state cabinet.