Bhola Singh

Bhola Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 19 October 2018
Preceded byMonazir Hassan
Succeeded byGiriraj Singh
ConstituencyBegusarai
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byVirchandra Paswan
Succeeded byGiriraj Singh
ConstituencyNawada
Minister of Urban development and Housing, Government of Bihar
In office
2008–2009
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Personal details
Born(1939-01-03)3 January 1939
Begusarai, Bihar, British India
Died19 October 2018(2018-10-19) (aged 79) [1]
New Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSmt. Savitri Devi
Children3 Sons & 2 Daughters
Residence(s)Begusarai, Bihar
Alma materPatna University
As of 12 December, 2016
Source: [1]

Bhola Singh (3 January 1939 – 19 October 2018) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian Parliament and represented Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency) which he won on a ticket from the BJP. Before joining the BJP he had been part of almost every political party in Bihar including the Communist Party, the Indian National Congress, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Before getting elected to the Indian Parliament he was the Urban Development Minister of Bihar. He was the Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2005. He was a professor in History before getting elected from Begusarai in 1967 as an independent candidate.[2]

Starting his political career in the late 1960s, he has been elected as member of the state legislative assembly from the Begusarai assembly seat eight times since 1967.[3] His only electoral venture outside the district was in 2009 when he successfully contested the general election from Nawada as a BJP nominee.[3]

  1. ^ "बेगूसराय के सांसद भोला सिंह का निधन" [Begusarai MP Bhola Singh passed away] (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ Santosh Singh (11 April 2009). "Development, not caste, the main factor in Nawada". Government of India. The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b Rajiv Kumar (20 April 2014). "Will Bhola prove lucky for the 10th time?". Government of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2014.