Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 5 January 1962) is an Indian politician from Bihar, India.[1] He is a member of the Indian National Congress. In 2018, he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar as member of Congress. He was appointed Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President on 5 December 2022.[2] Singh belongs to Bhumihar caste.
Political career
Singh was an MLA from 2000 to 2004 in Arwal.[3] He was a member of parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004) from Motihari as member of Rashtriya Janata Dal. He lost from Purvi Champaran in 2009 and Muzaffarpur in 2014 Indian general election on Indian National Congress ticket. Singh also lost the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Tarari constituency to Sudama Prasad.[4]
References
- ^ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh Appointed Bihar Congress President". Outlook India. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Akhilesh Prasad Singh". India Today. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Chaudhary, Pranava Kumar (17 October 2015). "'Leftist' Tarari talks more of caste than communism". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 February 2018.