Raghuvansh Prasad Singh

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office
May 1996–16 may 2014
Preceded byShiva Saran Singh
Succeeded byRama Kishor Singh
ConstituencyVaishali
Personal details
Born(1946-06-06)6 June 1946
Vaishali, Bihar, British India
Died13 September 2020(2020-09-13) (aged 74)
New Delhi, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseKiran Singh
Children2 sons and 1 daughter
ResidencePatna
WebsiteOfficial website
As of 25 February, 2006
Source: [1]
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Raghuvansh Prasad Singh in his office after taking charge as the Union Minister of Rural Development in New Delhi on 24 May 2004

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (6 June 1946 – 13 September 2020)[note 1] was an Indian socialist[1] politician. In the Lok Sabha, he represented the Vaishali constituency of Bihar and was the national vice president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. He was one of the senior most politicians in India as a people's representative in the legislature for four decades from 1977.[2]

He started his political career when he was elected as an MLA and was subsequently made the Energy minister of Bihar in the Karpoori Thakur ministry.[3] He had represented Belsand constituency five times in the Bihar vidhan sabha. He was made the member of Bihar legislative council in a 1991 post. He became the chairman of Bihar legislative council.[4] He has represented Vaishali constituency from Bihar in Lok Sabha consecutively for five terms and has been in the Union cabinet for three terms. He was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in UPA-I of Manmohan Singh's government and is credited with conceptualization and implementation of NREGA (National rural employment guarantee act).[5]

Singh died from complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on 13 September 2020, at age 74.[6] In his final days, Singh wrote an emotional letter to Lalu Prasad Yadav mentioning the humiliation meted out to him in his last days.[7]


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  1. ^ "Explained: The importance of Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, the last of true socialists". The Indian Express. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ Mishra, Dipak (13 September 2020). "Raghuvansh Prasad Singh — Lalu's conscience keeper and the driving force behind NREGA". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. ^ "रघुवंश प्रसाद: जेपी आंदोलन से शुरू हुआ राजनीतिक सफर, 1977 में पहली बार बने विधायक". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ^ "जब अरुण जेटली ने रघुवंश प्रसाद से कहा था तो 'कैसा चल रहा है वन मैन ऑपोजिशन', ऐसे थे प्रोफेसर साहब". Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News (in Hindi). 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Explained: The importance of Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, the last of true socialists". The Indian Express. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passes away in Delhi". newsd.in. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ "RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH : Bio, Political life, Family & Top stories". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2020.