Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1962 |
Birth Place: | Jehanabad, Bihar, India |
Residence: | Arwal, Bihar, India |
Office: | President of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee |
Term Start: | 5 December 2022 |
Predecessor: | Madan Mohan Jha |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Predecessor1: | Ali Anwar, JD(U) |
Constituency1: | Bihar |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency2: | Motihari |
Predecessor2: | Radha Mohan Singh |
Successor2: | constituency abolished |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Source: | https://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4152&lastls=14 |
Termstart2: | 2004 |
Termend2: | 2009 |
Termstart1: | 3 April 2018 |
Termend3: | 2004 |
Termstart3: | 2000 |
Office3: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Predecessor3: | Ravindra Singh Kushwaha |
Successor3: | Dularchand Singh Yadav |
Constituency3: | Arwal |
Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 5 January 1962) is an Indian politician from Bihar, India.[1] He is a member of the Indian National Congress. In 2018, he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar as member of Congress. He belongs from a Bhumihar family. He was appointed Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President on 5 December 2022.[2] His wife belongs to Bhumihar Caste.
He was an MLA from 2000 to 2004 in Arwal.[3] He was a member of parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004) from Motihari as member of Rashtriya Janata Dal. He lost from Purvi Champaran in 2009 and Muzaffarpur in 2014 Indian general election on Indian National Congress ticket. Singh also lost the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Tarari constituency to Sudama Prasad.[4]