Jagada Nand Singh
President of Rashtriya Janata Dal of Bihar
Assumed office
November 2019
Preceded byRam Chandra Purve
Member of Indian Parliament
In office
2009–2014
ConstituencyBuxar
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–2009
ConstituencyRamgarh, Bihar Assembly constituency
Personal details
Born15 July 1945 (1945-07-15) (age 78)
Buxar, Bihar, British India
Education

Jagada Nand Singh (born 15 July 1945) is an Indian politician. He is son of Lt. Ramruchi Singh and has done LLB from Harish Chander College in Varanasi in the year 1973.[1] He was a member of the Indian Parliament and represented Buxar (Lok Sabha constituency) in the 15th Lok Sabha from RJD.[2][unreliable source] He was also a 4 term MLA of RJD from Ramgarh Constituency before he became an MP from Buxar of RJD. He is State President of Rashtriya Janata Dal of Bihar.[3]

Background

Singh hails from a Rajput family.[4]

Political career

Singh has been associated with Lalu Prasad Yadav, since the foundation of Rashtriya Janata Dal. He is a socialist class of politician and has been a founder member of RJD, the Bihar based political party. Singh had remained minister in all of the Lalu Prasad's cabinets and had defeated Lal Muni Chaubey of Bharatiya Janata Party successfully from the Buxar constituency in 2009. However, in 2014 and 2019 Singh was defeated from the same constituency by the Bharatiya Janata Party candidates. Described as a loyal member of RJD and a close companion of Lalu Prasad like another leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, he was among those who supported candidacy of Rabri Devi for the post of Chief Minister, following the arrest of Lalu Prasad in connection with the Fodder Scam. Singh had even campaigned against his own son Sudhakar in 2010, ensuring his defeat against the Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate. In November 2019, taking everyone by surprise, RJD appointed Singh as its Bihar state president.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jagadanand Singh(RJD):Constituency- BUXAR(BIHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Profile of Members". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012 – via 164.100.47.132.
  3. ^ Kumar, Anshuman (26 November 2019). "Jagdanand Singh becomes Bihar state president of Rashtriya Janata Dal". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. ^ https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/jagdanand-singh-resign-lalu-prasad-yadav-party-on-rjd-state-president-brahmin-or-muslim-face-128685882.html
  5. ^ Deeptiman Tiwary, ed. (26 October 2020). "Jagadanand Singh: Rajput leader who has Lalu's ear, Tejashwi's back". Indian Express. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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