Ramanand Prasad Singh
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Ramanand Prasad Singh (1941 – 10 May 2025) was an Indian politician from Bihar. He was elected 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
Singh was from Parbatta, Khagaria district, Bihar. He was the son of the late Arogya Singh. He completed his B.Tech. in 1967 at Leeds University, United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=Ramanand Prasad Singh(Janata Dal (United)(JD(U))):Constituency- PARBATTA(KHAGARIA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=79 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=myneta.info}} His son Sanjeev Kumar is also a politician and succeeded him winning in the Parbatta Assembly constituency in 2020.
Career
Singh won as an MLA for the first time in the Parbatta Assembly constituency representing Janata Dal (United) in the 2004 Bihar Legislative Assembly byelection. 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 the 2014 byelection in August.{{Cite news |date=2014-08-25 |title=Lalu Prasad Yadav says secular alliance to continue in future |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lalu-prasad-yadav-says-secular-alliance-to-continue-in-future/articleshow/40869425.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-10-02 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-19 |title=Bihar Assembly Elections: परबत्ता विधानसभा सीट से JDU ने जीत का परचम लहराया |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/khagaria-bihar-assembly-election-2020-result-live-updates-jdu-wins-parbatta-assembly-seat-3245576.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-10 |title=Parbatta Election Result 2020 Live Updates: Doctor Sanjeev Kumar of JDU wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/parbatta-election-result-2020-live-updates-parbatta-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3061607.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=News18 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Parbatta Assembly Election Results 2020 Live Updates, Parbatta Assembly Election Latest News & Updates |url=https://news.abplive.com/bihar-election/live-election-result-bihar-parbatta-assembly-election-result-2020-151.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2008-05-22 |title=Zero tolerance |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/20080602-zero-tolerance-736400-2008-05-22 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}
Death
Singh died at the age of 83 or 84 on 10 May 2025 at a hospital in Patna.[https://www.patrika.com/en/national-news/former-bihar-transport-minister-rn-singh-passes-away-19590276 Former Bihar Transport Minister RN Singh Passes Away]