Rakesh Singha (born 8 December 1956) is an

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communist politician and a former member of the

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representing the

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Career

Singha was first elected in 1993 as member of the legislative assembly (MLA) representing the Shimla constituency. However, he was disqualified from holding his seat following a decision of the Supreme Court which upheld his 1987 conviction for involvement in a murder case from 1978 during his time as a student. He came on third position in the

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from Theog. In 2017, Singha was reelected from the Theog constituency to the Legislative Assembly because of his huge support base of communist student movement and trade union .CPIM has huge followers in Shimla corporation area in the state.HP.Singha is a Member of the Central Committee of the CPI(M) in

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. However in

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, he was defeated by

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Electoral performance

References

People from Shimla Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians Living people 21st-century Indian politicians 1956 births Himachal Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998 Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 {{HimachalPradesh-politician-stub