Ram Balak Singh also known as Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and former

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

(MLA) from the

Bibhutipur Assembly Constituency Bibhutipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. Members of the Legislative Assembly Overview As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No ...

of the Bihar legislative assembly. He is a member of

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 ...

(JDU). He is a two term MLA from the Bibhutipur Assembly Constituency, which is a part of Ujiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency. In 2010 and 2015 assembly elections to Bihar Legislative Assembly, he won as a candidate of

. In 2015 assembly elections, he defeated Ram Dev Varma of

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

. However, in 2020 assembly elections, he lost to Ajay Kumar of

. He has also served on the key position of the ruling party JDU, which includes the General Secretary of Bihar wing of Janata Dal (United).

Posts held

Within the party, the Janata Dal (United), Singh was also appointed as the state president of Farmers and Cooperative cell. The appointment took place after

Umesh Singh Kushwaha Umesh Singh Kushwaha is a Former Member of Legislative Assembly in Bihar from Mahnar constituency. He is a member of Janata Dal (United). Kushwaha is the son of Vasudev Singh and hails from Kajri Bujurg village in the Vaishali district of Bihar. ...

assumed the charge as State President of Janata Dal United. It was held that the reconstitution of cells were part of reorganization of the party after

Ramchandra Prasad Singh Ram Chandra Prasad Singh (born 6 July 1958) is an Indian politician and former national president of Janata Dal (United). He is also a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Bihar from 2010 to 2022. He was a Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer befo ...

was replaced by

Lalan Singh Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh (born 24 January 1955) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament representing Munger in the 17th Lok Sabha from Janata Dal (United). He is National party president of JDU (Janta Dal United). He was ...

as the President of party.

Criminal conviction

Singh was prime accused in a criminal case of murderous attack on the leader of

, Lalan Singh. The attack as per

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happened in 2000 and Singh's brother Lal Babu Singh was also an accused in it. A special court in

Samastipur Samastipur is a city and a municipal corporation (nagar nigam) in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Budhi Gandak river flows through the town. It is one of the five railway divisi ...

found him guilty in 2021 and subsequently, he was awarded 5 years of imprisonment along with fine.

Other controversies

Murder charges against brother

Singh's brother, Lal Babu Singh was one of the prime accused in the murder of journalist Braj Kumar Singh at Salkhani village in

. The

mentioned three person to be involved in the murder, which included Singh's brother.

Samastipur double murder case

In 2023, Singh was arrested on the charges of being involved in 'Bibhutipur double murder case', that occurred in

's Singhia Bujurg Panchayat area. Here in this case, the Mukhiya of Singhia Bujurg Panchayat, Surendra Prasad Singh and his associate Satyanarayan Singh was assassinated by hired shooters. Rambalak Singh was the prime accused in this case, as shortly before the murder of the two men, a private video of him was made viral, in which he was spotted with a woman in a hotel room. Singh, however, accused the video to be conspiracy plotted by his political rivals. The two deceased men were found to be responsible for sharing of the private video of Singh, as a consequence of which, they were murdered. Singh's brother was also one of the accused besides him in this case, and was arrested earlier. There was massive protest by the supporters of deceased Mukhiya in Samastipur, the murder was followed by traffic blockade and street protest in the city.

References

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