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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ram Singh Sodho
| office = [[Provincial Assembly]] of [[Sindh]]
| relations = Father- Ran Singh Sodho

Grandfather- Samersingh Sodha
| birth_date = 16 January 1945
| birth_place = Arokhi, [[Diplo, Pakistan|Diplo]], [[Tharparkar District]], [[British India]]
|nationality = {{flagicon image|Flag of India.svg}} [[Indian people|Indian]]
}}

'''Ram Singh Sodha''' ({{lang-sd|رام سنگھ سوڍو}}) (16 January 1945 - 13 February 2021) was a former [[Hinduism in Pakistan|Pakistani Hindu]] politician.<ref name="profile">{{citation|url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/348|publisher=Provincial Assembly of Singh|date=2011-01-31|accessdate=2011-02-01|title=Mr. Ram Singh Sodho}}</ref> A member of the opposition [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]], he held a seat reserved for non-Muslims in the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Provincial Assembly]] of [[Sindh]], but in 2011 resigned and moved to [[India]].<ref name="HindustanTimes">{{citation|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Hindu-politician-resigns-from-Sindh-assembly-moves-to-India/Article1-656412.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202050842/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Hindu-politician-resigns-from-Sindh-assembly-moves-to-India/Article1-656412.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2011|periodical=Hindustan Times|date=2011-01-30|accessdate=2011-02-01|title=Hindu politician resigns from Sindh assembly; moves to India}}</ref><ref name="Tribune">{{citation|title=Hindu lawmaker resigns, settles in India|periodical=The Express Tribune|date=2011-01-31|accessdate=2011-02-01|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/111306/hindu-lawmaker-resigns-settles-in-india/}}</ref>

==Family and personal life==
Sodho was born in Arokhi, [[Diplo, Pakistan|Diplo]], [[Tharparkar District]], but later moved to Dileep Nagar in the district capital [[Mithi]]. He is a lawyer by profession.<ref name="profile"/><ref name="PakistanToday">{{citation|periodical=Pakistan Today|url=http://pakistantoday.com.pk/pakistan-news/National/02-Feb-2011/Was-Ram-Singh-Sodho-a-lonely-man|title=Was Ram Singh Sodho a lonely man?|date=2011-02-02|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref> He was born into an influential family in [[Sindh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Was Ram Singh Sodho a lonely man? {{!}} Pakistan Today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/02/02/was-ram-singh-sodho-a-lonely-man/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref> His father Ran Singh Sodha was influential in his home community. Ransingh sodha was the chairman of the union council Arokhi till up to death. Ransingh has no real sister he was only one son of Samersingh sodha. Samersingh sodha was the member of the district council Tharparkar at Mirpurkhas

Sodha's sons preceded him in moving to India. One son Dileep Singh moved there around 2001, but died in [[Bhuj]] during the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]].<ref name="PakistanToday"/> His other son Guman Singh Sodha was an elected member of the Tharparkar district council and a construction contractor; in 2005, [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] member and Sindh MPA [[Nisar Ahmed Khuhro]] levelled corruption accusations against him, claiming that Guman had used his connections to Arbab Ghulam Rahim to amass millions of [[Pakistani rupee|rupees]].( The above statement is totally wrong as it was the time of election campaign and it was a political statement spoken by Nishar Ahmed Khuhro) In 2007, Gumansingh moved to India as well, without formally resigning from the district council.<ref name="PakistanToday" /> The ''Hindustan Times'' reports that Sodho also may have other relatives in the [[states and territories of India|Indian states]] of [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="HindustanTimes"/>

==Career==
Sodho was first elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1985. He also served as deputy mayor of [[Tharparkar District]] from 2001–2005.<ref name="Tribune"/> In 2008, when the PML gained a ninth seat in the Sindh Assembly, it was allocated to a non-Muslim, and as such to Sodho as he was at the top of the candidate priority list.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C11%5C30%5Cstory_30-11-2008_pg12_7|title=Sodho to be declared as MPA|periodical=Daily Times|date=2008-11-30|accessdate=2011-02-01}}</ref> He was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Health Engineering and the Standing Committee on Minority Affairs, and the chairman of the Standing Committee on Youth Affairs & Sports.<ref name="profile"/>

==Resignation==
Conflicting reports surround Sodho's resignation; it may have been sparked by threats on his life, or his ongoing health troubles.<ref name="Tribune"/> It was reported as early as November 2010 that both Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Sodho had not attended legislative sessions for a long time, and were said by their fellow PML-Q MPA to be out of the country and to have been granted leave by the assembly.<ref>{{citation|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/72661/resolutions-passed-on-trafficking-of-women/|periodical=The Express Tribune|title=Resolutions passed on trafficking of women|date=2010-11-05|accessdate=2011-02-01}}</ref> Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro was reported by ''Dawn'' to have received Sodho's handwritten resignation letter on 26 January, following a phone call the previous day.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/31/cheetan-mal-replaces-mpa-sodho.html|title=Cheetan Mal replaces MPA Sodho|periodical=Dawn|date=2011-01-31|accessdate=2011-02-01}}</ref> The [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] filled Sodho's seat with new appointee [[Chettan Mal Arwani]], the next non-Muslim candidate on the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML-Q]] list. Sodho stated that he was stepping down for health reasons; colleague [[Abdul Razzaque Rahmo]] stated that spinal cord problems had left him with mobility issues. In contrast, Sodho's cousin Paret Lal stated that Sodho had received threats on his life, and [[Pitambar Sewani]] of the [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] claims that Sodho had been seeking [[right of asylum|political asylum]] in India for several years.<ref name="Tribune"/>

==See also==
*[[Pakistanis in India]]

==References==
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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Pakistani emigrants to India]]
[[Category:Pakistani Hindus]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians]]
[[Category:People from Tharparkar District]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sindh MPAs 2008–2013]]

Ram Singh Sodho - Revision history

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