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Dinesh Prasad Singh is an Indian politician from
Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...
. He is the member of the
Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...
from
Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the fourth m ...
. His wife
Veena Devi Veena Devi (born 22 April 1967) is an Indian politician and the current Member of parliament from Vaishali. She is a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Gaighat constituency. In the 2019 Indian general election, she conteste ...
is a
Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
from Vaishali lokasabha constituency of Bihar.


Early life

Dinesh Singh was born in
Daudpur Daudpur is a market town in the Saran district of Bihar located on NH-85 (Chapra Siwan Gopalganj Highway), West of Chhapra, connected by railways (station code DDP). References

{{Saran district Cities and towns in Saran district ...
and studied in Kutahi High school.


Political career

Singh started his political career in the 1990s. He has served in the
Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...
as the chairman as well as member for 18 years. His wife
Veena Devi Veena Devi (born 22 April 1967) is an Indian politician and the current Member of parliament from Vaishali. She is a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Gaighat constituency. In the 2019 Indian general election, she conteste ...
is
Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
from Vaishali. She has also served as MLA of Gaighat Bihar, Chairperson of
Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the fourth m ...
, and Vice Chairperson of
Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the fourth m ...
. He was close to
Anand Mohan Singh Anand Mohan Singh (born 28 January 1954) is a convicted killer, politician and was founder of the now-defunct Bihar People's Party (BPP). , he is serving a life sentence for abetting murder; prior to reduction to this term on appeal, he had b ...
in 1995 with
Bihar People's Party Bihar People's Party was a political party in the Indian state of Bihar, founded in 1993 by former leader of the Samajwadi Krantikari Sena and former Janata Dal MLA, Anand Mohan Singh. Singh's wife, Lovely Anand, won a by-election to the Lok Sab ...
then and stood 3rd from Sahebganj, Muzaffarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency), he shifted to
Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former List of Chief Ministers of Bihar, Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Ministry of Railways (India), Railway ...
,
Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...
and now he is presently in
Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...
with
Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unite ...
. He won with a record breaking margin, with 90.9% votes under his name. He got 5454 votes and his opponent from
BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
got just 368 votes out of the total 6000 votes. He has for the past 4 times secured his seat by winning with maximum number of margins across India and has been doing it from past 2 decades. His daughter in law is currently the vice Chairperson of
Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the fourth m ...
.


See also

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Caste politics in India In India, a caste is a (usually endogamous) social group where membership is decided by birth. Castes often have related political preferences. Broadly, Indian castes are divided into the Forward Castes, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Ca ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Dinesh Prasad Janata Dal (United) politicians 1959 births Living people Bihari politicians People from Saran district Members of the Bihar Legislative Council Bihar People's Party politicians Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians