Ramadhar Singh Explained

Ramadhar Singh
Office:Cabinet Minister
Government of Bihar
Term Start:26 August 2011
Term End:16 June 2013
2Blankname:Minister of Cooperatives
2Namedata:26 August 2011 - 16 June 2013
Term Start1:26 November 2010
Term End1:19 May 2011
2Blankname1:Minister of Cooperatives
2Namedata1:26 November 2010 - 19 May 2011
Office2:Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:2005
Term End2:2015
Predecessor2:Suresh Mehta
Successor2:Anand Shankar Singh
Constituency2:Aurangabad
Term Start3:1995
Term End3:2000
Predecessor3:Brijmohan Singh
Successor3:Suresh Mehta
Constituency3:Aurangabad
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party

Ramadhar Singh is an Indian politician with the Bharatiya Janata Party. A leader of the party in the state of Bihar, he has been representing the Aurangabad seat in the state assembly winning four out of five elections since 1995.[1] After winning the recent 2010 Bihar legislative assembly election with a margin of 7%, he was appointed Cooperative Minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinet.

However, in May 2011, he was forced to resign after it was revealed by the opposition that he had been repeatedly ignoring court appearance orders related to a communal speech in Aurangabad in 1992.[2] Though he has 12 cases under the Indian Penal code pending against him in the courts, the opposition has alleged that he had not revealed this case in his election affidavit. He has secured bail in the remaining 11 cases.

After resigning, Singh claimed that he was ignorant of the court orders and that his lawyers had failed him in the matter.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aurangabad Assembly Constituency, Aurangabad Election Results .
  2. News: 'Absconder' Bihar minister resigns. The Economic Times.