Dinesh Prasad Singh
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dinesh Prasad Singh
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| caption = 2013 inauguration ceremony
| office1 = Member of Bihar Legislative Council
| term_start1 = 2003
| constituency1 = Muzaffarpur
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| party = Janata Dal (United)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|21 February 1959}}
| birth_place = Daudpur, Bihar, India
| residence = Muzaffarpur, Bihar
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| spouse = Veena Devi
| children = Shubham Singh, Komal Singh
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Dinesh Prasad Singh is an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United). He is the member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Muzaffarpur. His wife Veena Devi is a Member of Parliament from Vaishali lokasabha constituency of Bihar.
Early life
Dinesh Singh was born in Daudpur and studied in Kutahi High school.{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/biharmlc/candidate.php?candidate_id=19|title=Dinesh Prasad Singh(Janata Dal (United)(JD(U))):(LOCAL AUTHORITIES) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|last=ADR|publisher=}}
Political career
Singh started his political career in the 1990s. He has served in the Bihar Legislative Council as the chairman as well as a member for 18 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.brandbharat.com/english/bihar/bihar_mlc/Dinesh%20Prasad%20Singh.html|title=Dinesh Prasad Singh MLC of Bihar|publisher=}} His wife Veena Devi is Member of Parliament from Vaishali. She has also served as MLA of Gaighat Bihar, Chairperson of Muzaffarpur, and Vice Chairperson of Muzaffarpur.{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/bih2010/candidate.php?candidate_id=1078|title=VEENA DEVI (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Gaighat(MUZAFFARPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|last=ADR}}
He was close to Anand Mohan Singh in 1995 with Bihar People's Party then and stood 3rd from Sahebganj, Muzaffarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency),{{Cite web|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=497&cid=54|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220145054/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=497&cid=54|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 December 2016|title = Election Result}} he shifted to Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal and now he is presently in Janata Dal (United) with Nitish Kumar. He won with a record breaking margin, with 90.9% votes under his name. He got 5454 votes and his opponent from BJP got just 368 votes out of the total 6000 votes.{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/election-results/bihar-election-resuls/6310-bihar-legislative-council-election-result.html|title=Assembly Election Result 2016, Assembly Election Schedule Candidate List, Assembly Election Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News 2016|publisher=}}{{Cite web | url=http://210.212.18.115/pdf/Result%20-%20MLC%20Election.pdf | title=Result of Biennial Election to the Bihar Legislative Council from Local Authorities' Constituencies | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123114425/http://210.212.18.115/pdf/Result%20-%20MLC%20Election.pdf | archive-date=23 January 2017 }} He has for the past 4 times secured his seat by winning with maximum the number of margins across India and has been doing it from past 2 decades.{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bihar-mlc-election-results-2022-live-updates-counting-of-votes-bjp-jdu-rjd-winning-candidates/2484289/|title=Bihar MLC Election Results 2022: NDA bags 13 seats but RJD leaves JDU behind }} His daughter in law is currently the vice Chairperson of Muzaffarpur.{{cite web|url=http://www.thespeedpost.com/2016/06/30/indira-devi-elected-muzaffarpur-zila-parishad-chief/|title=Indira Devi elected Muzaffarpur Zila Parishad Chief|website=The Speedpost|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019011808/http://www.thespeedpost.com/2016/06/30/indira-devi-elected-muzaffarpur-zila-parishad-chief/|archive-date=19 October 2016|url-status=dead}}
See also
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Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians
Category:People from Saran district
Category:Members of the Bihar Legislative Council