Months ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Bihar, veteran political leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has sent his resignation to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. He penned down his hand written resignation from a bed in AIIMS, Delhi where he was recently admitted.
In the letter addressed to RJD chief currently admitted in Ranchi AIIMS, Singh said, “जननायक कर्पूरी ठाकुर के निधन के बाद ३२ साल तक आपके पीछे खड़ा रहा| लेकिन अब नहीं| पार्टी, कार्यकर्ता, नेता और आम जान ने बड़ा स्नेह दिया, मुझे क्षमा करें | (After the death of Karpuri Thakur, I had your back for 32 years but not anymore. Party workers, leaders and the people have showered me with lover and affection, I must be excused now).”
In July this year, former union minister Singh had threatened he would quit RJD if his rival and Vaishali strongman Rama Singh was inducted into the party. Tendering a resignation from the post of party’s vice president, Raghuvansh had said the induction was put on hold.
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (born 6 June 1946) was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Vaishali constituency of Bihar and is the national vice president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. He is one of the senior most politician’s in India as a peoples representative in the legislature for four decades from 1977. 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 cabinet. He has represented belsand constituency five times in the Bihar vidhan sabha. He was made the member of Bihar legislative council in 1991 post which he became the chairman of Bihar legislative council.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.)
Singh is a Professor and Phd. in mathematics and an expert in rural and agricultural landscape in India.
Political journey : 1973-77 Secretary, Samyukta Socialist Party (S.S.P.), Sitamarhi district 1977-90 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly 1977-79 Minister of State (Independent charge), Power, Government of Bihar 1979-80 Member, Committee on Questions and Calling Attention 1980-85 President, Lok Dal, Sitamarhi district 1985-89 Member, Central Parliamentary Board, Lok Dal 1985-90 Member, Public Accounts Committee 1987-90 Member, Pratyayukta Samiti 1989-90 Chairman, Library Committee 1990 Deputy Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly 1991-94 MLC<Deputy Leader>, Bihar Legislative Council 1991-95 Member, Bihar Legislative Council 1994-95 Chairman, Bihar Legislative Council 1995-96 Minister, Energy, Relief, Rehabilitation and Department of Official Languages, Government of Bihar 1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 1996-97 Union Minister of State, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Independent Charge) 1997-98 Union Minister of State, Food and Consumer Affairs (Independent Charge) 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution; and its Sub-Committees on Department of Food and Civil Supplies; Department of Sugar and Edible Oils; Department of Consumer Affairs; and Department of Coordination