Rameshwar Prasad ( hi, रामेश्वर प्रसाद) is an Indian politician, belonging to the

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

. He is a

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member of CPI (ML) Liberation and the president of All India Agricultural Labourers Association (AIALA).

Background

Rameshwar Prasad hails from a Nonia family and is the son of a brick-kiln worker.''

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Barricade to ballot
' Prasad dropped out of school in 1979, to become a full-time activist of the party.''Indian Express''.
Laloo’s counting on them but M-L is not M-Y
'' He studied at Bansidhari High School, Bharatpura, Bihar.

Member of Parliament

He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian national parliament, in 1989 as the Indian People's Front candidate from the Arrah constituency by securing 178,211 votes. He became the first Naxalite Member of Parliament from Bihar. His election slogan was ''har mazdur ko roziroti, har dalit ko man; har kisan ko khet-pani, har yuvak ko kam'' ('Daily bread for every worker, dignity for every Dalit, water and land for every farmer, employment for every youth'). He was the only candidate of Indian Peoples' Front to get elected in those elections. Prasad lost his parliamentary seat in the 1991 Lok Sabha election, again standing as an Indian People's Front candidate. His vote had dropped to 117,262 (17.17%, finishing in third place). Prasad came third in the Arrah seat in the 1996 Lok Sabha election, with 146,398 votes (22.97%). He contested the Arrah Lok Sabha seat again in the 1999 election, again finishing third with 141,939 votes (20.82%). In 2006, CPI(ML)Liberation nominated Prasad to contest a by-poll for the Nalanda Lok Sabha seat. Prasad obtained 17,515 votes (5.62%).

Assembly Member (MLA)

1995 election

He won the

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seat with 36,760 votes (34.23%), as a CPI(ML)Liberation candidate, in the

1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1995, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Janata Dal got a decisive victory in the state; political manoeuvre ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chief ministership. ...

.Election Commission of India.
196 - Sandesh Assembly Constituency
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2000 election

Rameshwar Prasad lost the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Sandesh constituency to

Vijendra Kumar Yadav Vijendra Kumar Yadav (born 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly of India. He represented the Sandesh constituency in Bhojpur district of Bihar. He was elected in 2000 as a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal (R ...

, finishing at 3rd position with 28,776 votes (25.21%).

2005 election

He again won the seat in the February 2005 legislative assembly election, with 33,834 votes (32.73%). However, he lost the seat in the October 2005 election to

, finishing in third position with 26,323 votes.Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
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2010 election

Rameshwar Prasad was the CPI(ML)Liberation candidate from

in the 2010 Bihar assembly election. But on 19 October 2010, he was arrested by police while he was filing his nomination papers in relation to the attack carried out on Arrah Collectorate and Court.''Liberation''.
CPI(ML) Candidate from Sandesh Comrade Rameshwar Prasad Arrested
'' Rameshwar Prasad lost to

Sanjay Singh Tiger Sanjay Singh Tiger (born 1974) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Bhojpur district, Bihar. He has served as MLA in Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Sandesh constituency from 2010 to 2015. Currently, he ...

and finished in fourth place in the election, with 15,095 votes.

Criminal Charges

There are seven cases of

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under

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, Arms Act 1959 and

Explosive Substances Act 1883 The Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It makes it illegal to use (or conspire or intend to use) any explosive substance to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury ...

against Prasad in various Districts of Bihar In 2000, there was a violent confrontation had occurred at Arrah Collectorate and Court in connection with a protest against a police killing of a CPI(ML)Liberation activist. Prasad and others have been accused of leading with others, a mob of 1500 to 2000 persons who entered into the premises of Collectorate and Civil Court of

Arrah Arrah (also transliterated as Ara) is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district (formerly known as Shahabad district) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, located near ...

who pelted stones and also exploded bombs. Four CPI(ML)Liberation activists were killed in the police firing. CPI(ML)Liberation asserts that the local police had lodged criminal cases against the CPI(ML)Liberation leaders (including Prasad) as a retaliatory measure. His party strongly condemned the arrest of Prasad, labeling it 'illegal'.''Liberation''.
CPI(ML) condemns the handcuffing of its leaders during filing nomination papers in Bihar
'' He has been charged under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 307, 337, 353, 332, 333 and 182 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 and Section 27 of the Arms Act 1959. Rameshwar Prasad was granted bail by the

Patna High Court The Patna High Court is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 9 February 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915. The court is based in Patna, the administrative capital of the state of Bihar, In ...

on 10 November 2010. Prasad had pleaded that he was only a member of the mob. Court granted him bail on furnishing bail bond of 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount.

References

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