Ramanand Prasad Singh
Ramanand Prasad Singh (born 1941) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He won four times as an MLA from Parbatta Assembly constituency in Khagaria district. He won the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election representing the Janata Dal (United).
Early life and education
[edit]Singh is from Parbatta, Khagaria district, Bihar. He is the son of late Arogya Singh. He completed his B.Tech. in 1967 at Leeds University, United Kingdom.[1] His son Sanjeev Kumar is also a politician and succeeded him winning from Parbatta Assembly constituency in 2020.
Career
[edit]Singh won as an MLA for the first time from Parbatta Assembly constituency representing Janata Dal (United) in the 2004 Bihar Legislative Assembly by election. He later retained the seat winning the 2005 elections in February and October. He lost the 2010 election to Samrat Chaudhary of RJD by a narrow margin of 808 votes but regained it winning 2014 by election in August.[2] He retained the seat winning the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He polled 76,248 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Ramanuj Choudhary of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 28,924 votes.[3][4][5]
In 2008, he was inducted into the Nitish Kumar ministry as Transport Minister but had to quit within a couple of months due to an old vigilance case.[6]
References
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- ^ "Lalu Prasad Yadav says secular alliance to continue in future". The Economic Times. 2014-08-25. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Elections: परबत्ता विधानसभा सीट से JDU ने जीत का परचम लहराया". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Parbatta Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Doctor Sanjeev Kumar of JDU wins". News18. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ Live, A. B. P. "Parbatta Assembly Election Results 2020 Live Updates, Parbatta Assembly Election Latest News & Updates". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Zero tolerance". India Today. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2024-10-02.