Shankar Singh is the member of

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

from Rupauli, and is a politician and social worker hailing from Purnia, Bihar. He was earlier nominated as a candidate of the

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...

Personal life

Shankar Singh is married to Pratima Kumari, who is the district

chairwoman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the

Hindustani Awam Morcha Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (translation: ''Indian People's Front''; abbreviated as HAM-S) is an Indian political party having presence in Bihar. HAM(S) got new symbol wok in Bihar Assembly Election 2020. Formation It was launched forma ...

Purnia Purnia ()(also romanized as Purnea) is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. Total geographical area of Purnia Urban Agglomeration is which is nex ...

Career

North Bihar Liberation Army

Following the murder of Butan Singh in 2000,and after the death of Don Tola Singh,shankar's mentor the command of the North Liberation Army was taken over by Shankar Singh. The North Liberation Army was a

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

militia formed by Butan Singh in opposition to the growing influence of

Pappu Yadav Rajesh Ranjan (born 24 December 1967), better known as Pappu Yadav, is an Indian politician. He won elections to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India) in 1991, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2014 from several constituencies in Bihar ...

in Purnia. Under Shankar Singh, the militia became politically influential by threatening and influencing voters as well as through booth capturing in the region. Upper caste candidates began seeking its support for their campaigns. The militia also groomed and supported Uday Pappu Singh who was inducted into the

Bharatiya Janata Party 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 ...

and became the member of parliament from the Purnia constituency for two terms from 2004 to 2014. Shankar Singh was granted membership of the

and stood as its candidate from the Rupauli constituency where he was elected in February 2005. Rupauli by election 2024 After the defeat in election after his membership of legislative council of Bihar was dismissed due to rashtrapati shashan in 2005 in bihar, he continues to be in the people of rupauli and always secured good amount of votes in every election either he was a runner or he got third position. Things changed when he defeated the NDA candidate kaladhar mandal of JDU by more than 8000 and in the election the 5 time MLA Bima bharti stood third. He made the headlines through the country after this historic win over both the NDA and India alliance. He was chosen Mla independent and made a great comeback in the politics. His contact approach to people despite his continuous defeat after 2005 gave him this victory.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Shankar Living people Criminals from Bihar People from Purnia district Lok Janshakti Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Bihar MLAs 2020–2025