| Kapildev Prasad Singh | |
| Office: | Member of Bihar Legislative Council |
| Constituency: | Nalanda local bodies |
| Predecessor: | Post established |
| Succeeded: | Raju Yadav |
| Term Start: | 17 July 2003 |
| Term End: | 16 July 2009 |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Pokharpur, Bihar, India |
| Death Date: | 2 January 2021 (aged 69) |
| Death Place: | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Party: | Independent |
| Otherparty: | |
| Nickname: | Kapildeo Babu |
| Spouse: | Sunila devi |
| Children: | 3 sons |
| Residence: | Pawapuri |
| Office2: | Chairperson, Bihar Prison Reform Committee |
| Termstart2: | 2006 |
| Termend2: | 2008 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata2: | Jabir Husain |
| Governor: | |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | |
| Office1: | Chairperson, District Councils of India |
| Termstart1: | 10 June 2001 |
| Termend1: | 16 July 2003 |
| 2Blankname1: | District |
| 2Namedata1: | Nalanda |
| 2Blankname2: | Appointed |
| 2Namedata2: | Bihar Legislative Council |
Kapildev Prasad Singh. also known as Kapildeo Babu (2 February 1952 – 2 January 2021), was an Indian politician and a former member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Nalanda Local authority constituency. He also served as a chairperson of Nalanda district council of Bihar in establishment term of Panchayati Raj in 2001 to July 2003.[1] He was joint to Bharatiya Janata Party in his early political career.
Kapildev Singh was born on 2 February 1952 in Pokharpur village of Nalanda district. His father, Kameshwar Prasad Singh, was a farmer in the village. He was the third among four brothers. His elder brother late Mahesh Prasad Singh was in politics; he was the Mukhiya of Pokharpur Panchayat in the 1960s. At that time, he was also made the block president of Indian National Congress of Giriyak block.
Singh was married to Sunila Devi in 1970. He has three sons. His elder son Sanjay Sinha is a known businessman and a social worker in Nalanda district. His second son Pankaj Sinha is also in social work in Pawapuri, and his youngest son Shashikant is a doctor by profession. Singh belonged to the Bhumihar caste in Bihar.
In 1990, Singh was active in social work in the area of Pawapuri and Nalanda district. In 1993 he join as a Party Worker of Bharatiya Janata Party Nalanda district unit.He is known in the area as "Kapildeo Babu". Before 2000, Pawapuri used to be a small market, which is now emerging as a city. Singh played an important role in getting his village Pokharpur the status of model Village in the 90s, given by then Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar
Singh started his political career by contesting in a panchayat election. After the dissolution of Panchayati raj, a new panchayat election was held in the state of Bihar in April 2001. Singh contested for the post of district council member from Giriyak block of Nalanda district. He was elected to that post. In June 2001, he was elected as a chairperson of the Nalanda district council.[2]
In 2003, Bihar Legislative Council elections were held. Singh also contested for this election from The Nalanda Local authority constituency as an independent candidate, and he won this election by receiving 100 more votes than his nearest rival, Raju Yadav.[3]
During his tenure in the Bihar Legislative Council, Singh also held the post of President to Bihar Prison Reform Committee in the Legislative Council in 2006. He was close to the then Chief minister Rabri Devi, during which he also increased his contact with the founder of Lok Janshakti Party and the then Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ram Vilas Paswan
During this time, Kapildeo Babu wanted to contest lok sabha election in 2009 from Nawada Lok Sabha on B.J.P ticket, but due to some reason he could not contest. Later, Bhola Singh from BJP was fielded in his place from Nawada.
In 2010, Even in the assembly elections, he wanted to contest on B.J.P ticket, but Nawada and Asthawan Assembly seat went to JDU account in NDA. Therefore he decided to contest the elections from the Mahagathbandhan. His first priority was to contest elections from Nawada but Nawada seat went to RJD. Due to which, in the Grand Alliance, LJP gave him the ticket from Asthawan Legislative Assembly and Rashtriya Janata Dal made Raj Ballabh Yadav contest from Nawada. but he failed to win. At that time, under the influence of Nitish Kumar, the grand alliance of R.J.D of Lalu Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan party L.J.P lost the elections badly. Later, Singh remained involved in social service work for some time but after some time he became inactive for health reasons.
According to the then popular magazine of Bihar, Samkaalin Tapman, in 2001 there was mutual tension in the district regarding the District Council and the Panchayat elections, especially in Nalanda there were a lot of tensions regarding the election for chairman of the District Council. On June 6, 2001, just 4 days before the election of District Council Chairman, "Sudhir Prasad alias Bihari Mahto," a district council member who had won from Bind, along with Tripurari Singh alias "TP Singh Mahto", a notorious criminal of Nalanda, were murdered by other criminals last night. In that murder, Kapildev Singh's Name started being discussed in the political circles of Nalanda, Nawada and surrounding districts. the market of discussion became more heated when Kapildev Singh was elected in the district board Chairman election held immediately on June 10, 2001. Because the person who was killed was T.P. Singh, who himself was a resident of Bind, he wanted to make Sudhir Kumar, the winning district councilor from Bind, the chairman of the district council. And in that incident he was also killed along with T.P Singh. both of them were murdered near "Golapar" Jamali Chowk More situated on Bihar Sharif Parwalpur Road. At that time, Gupteshwar Pandey was the Superintendent of Police of Nalanda, and he himself was investigating this incident. During the investigation, he did not find any remote connection of Kapildev Singh with that incident. Later, in this incident, the names of former Legislative Councilor Raju Yadav, former MLA of Bihar Sharif Pappu Khan and another criminal Bhushan Singh also came under suspicion, as their enmity was going on on many fronts.
On 2 January 2021, Singh died in Patna. After his death, Governor of Bihar and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed condolences to his family, and Nitish Kumar went to his residence in Pokharpur Pawapuri and consoled his family members.
On 2 January 2022, Singh's life-size statue was unveiled at his Pawapuri residence by the then Union Minister Ramchandra Prasad Singh and former Bihar Minister Nand Kishore Yadav.