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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[Rameshwar Prasad Sinha]], an Indian freedom fighter and member of the Constituent Assembly of India.}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rameshwar Prasad
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = July 1947<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3382.htm Member's Profile - 9th Loksabha]</ref>
| birth_place = Bharatpura Village, [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]
| death_date =
| father = Radhe Nonia
| mother =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] (MLA) of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = Feb 2005
| term_end = Oct 2005
| predecessor = [[Vijendra Kumar Yadav|Vijendra Yadav]]
| successor = [[Vijendra Kumar Yadav|Vijendra Yadav]]
| term_start1 = 1995
| term_end1 = 2000
| predecessor1 = Sonadhari Singh
| successor1 = [[Vijendra Kumar Yadav|Vijendra Yadav]]
| constituency1 = [[Sandesh Assembly constituency|Sandesh]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]
| term_start2 = 1989
| term_end2 = 1991
| predecessor2 = [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
| successor2 = [[Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav]]
| party = [[Indian People's Front]]
| spouse = Lalpari Devi
| children =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Rameshwar Prasad''' ({{langx|hi|रामेश्वर प्रसाद}}) is an Indian politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]. He is a [[Central Committee]] member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI (ML) Liberation]] and the president of All India Agricultural Labourers Association (AIALA).<ref>''Liberation''. ''[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2010/jan_10/from_the_states.html Attacks on Migrant Workers in Ludhiana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008101146/http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2010/jan_10/from_the_states.html |date=8 October 2012 }}''</ref>

==Background==
Rameshwar Prasad hails from a [[Lonia|Nonia]] family and is the son of a brick-kiln worker.<ref name="toi">''[[Times of India]]''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104094202/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-31/india/28339985_1_bhumihars-upper-caste-ranvir-sena Barricade to ballot]''</ref> Prasad dropped out of school in 1979, to become a full-time activist of the party.<ref name="exp">''Indian Express''. ''[http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/65886/ Laloo’s counting on them but M-L is not M-Y] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107055833/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/laloos-counting-on-them-but-m-l-is-not-m-y/ |date=7 January 2023 }}''</ref> He studied at Bansidhari High School, Bharatpura, Bihar.<ref name=2010-affidavit>{{cite web|title=Affidavit furnished by Rameshwar Prasad to Election Commission of India for 2010 Sanesh constituency elections.|url=http://bhojpur.bih.nic.in/NomCan/Rameshwar%20Prasad_192.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=9 February 2013|pages=25|language=Hindi, English|date=10 October 2010}}</ref>

==Member of Parliament==
He [[1989 Indian general election|was elected]] to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian national parliament]], in 1989 as the Indian People's Front candidate from the Arrah constituency<ref name="exp"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Bihar |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=24 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924231519/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Bihar |url-status=dead }}</ref> by securing 178,211 votes.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_II_LS89.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1989 TO THE NINTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II (CONSTITUENCY DATA - SUMMARY)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820034053/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_II_LS89.pdf |date=20 August 2018 }}''</ref> He became the first [[Naxalite]] Member of Parliament from Bihar.<ref name="toi"/> 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').<ref name="toi"/> He was the only candidate of Indian Peoples' Front to get elected in those elections.<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=52 Ninth Lok Sabha - Indian Peoples' Front]</ref>

Prasad lost his parliamentary seat in the [[1991 Indian general election|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).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE 10th LOK SABHA VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> Prasad came third in the Arrah seat in the [[1996 Indian general election|1996 Lok Sabha election]], with 146,398 votes (22.97%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> He contested the Arrah Lok Sabha seat again in the [[1999 Indian general election|1999 election]], again finishing third with 141,939 votes (20.82%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_III_LS_99.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME III (DETAILS FOR ASSEMBLY SEGMENTS OF PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820034103/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_III_LS_99.pdf |date=20 August 2018 }}''</ref><ref name="Parliament will again have two CPI (ML-Liberation) MPs: Here they are">{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |date=7 June 2024 |title=Parliament will again have two CPI (ML-Liberation) MPs: Here they are |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/parliament-will-again-have-two-cpi-ml-liberation-mps-here-they-are-9377543/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205133233/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/parliament-will-again-have-two-cpi-ml-liberation-mps-here-they-are-9377543/ |archivedate=5 December 2024 |accessdate=5 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2006, CPI(ML)Liberation nominated Prasad to contest a by-poll for the [[Nalanda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nalanda Lok Sabha seat]].<ref>Oneindia News. ''[https://www.oneindia.com/2006/10/10/cpiml-to-contest-nalanda-and-koderma-seats-1160487559.html CPI(ML) to contest Nalanda and Koderma seats] ''</ref> Prasad obtained 17,515 votes (5.62%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/ByeDec2006/bye_pc-31-NALANDA.htm Bye Election of Parliament Constituency of Bihar - 31-Nalanda (Gen)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918041412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/ByeDec2006/bye_pc-31-NALANDA.htm |date=18 September 2017 }}''</ref>

==Assembly Member (MLA)==
===1995 election===
He won the [[Sandesh Assembly constituency|Sandesh]] seat with 36,760 votes (34.23%), as a CPI(ML)Liberation candidate, in the [[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="ec">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/pollupd/ac/states/s04/Partycomp196.htm 196 - Sandesh Assembly Constituency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053311/http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/pollupd/ac/states/s04/Partycomp196.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-BR95.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820044312/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-BR95.pdf |date=20 August 2018 }}''</ref>

===2000 election===
Rameshwar Prasad lost the [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] from Sandesh constituency to [[Vijendra Kumar Yadav]], finishing at 3rd position with 28,776 votes (25.21%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2000/STAI_REPORT_LA-BR-2000.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930013206/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2000/STAI_REPORT_LA-BR-2000.pdf |date=30 September 2012 }}''</ref>

===2005 election===
He again won the seat in the February 2005 legislative assembly election, with 33,834 votes (32.73%).<ref name="ec"/><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127212303/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf |date=27 January 2013 }}''</ref> However, he lost the seat in the October 2005 election to [[Vijendra Kumar Yadav]], finishing in third position with 26,323 votes.<ref name="oct">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_Oct2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930013404/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_Oct2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf |date=30 September 2012 }}''</ref>

===2010 election===
Rameshwar Prasad was the CPI(ML)Liberation candidate from [[Sandesh Assembly constituency|Sandesh]] 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.<ref name=2010-affidavit /><ref name="cpiml.org">''Liberation''. ''[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2010/nov_10/feature_2.html CPI(ML) Candidate from Sandesh Comrade Rameshwar Prasad Arrested] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210906/http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2010/nov_10/feature_2.html |date=23 September 2015 }}''</ref> Rameshwar Prasad lost to [[Sanjay Singh Tiger]] and finished in fourth place in the election, with 15,095 votes.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04192.htm Bihar - Sandesh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025558/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04192.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}''</ref>

==Criminal Charges==
There are seven cases of [[Cognizable offence]] under [[Indian Penal Code]], [[Arms Act, 1959|Arms Act 1959]] and [[Explosive Substances Act 1883]] against Prasad in various Districts of Bihar<ref name=2010-affidavit />
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]] who pelted stones and also exploded bombs.<ref name="indiankanoon.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1030566/ |title=Patna High Court - Rameshwar Prasad vs The State Of Bihar |access-date=6 April 2020 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004001/http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1030566/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="cpiml.org"/> His party strongly condemned the arrest of Prasad, labeling it 'illegal'.<ref>''Liberation''. ''[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2005/november_05/election_campaign_bihar.htm CPI(ML) condemns the handcuffing of its leaders during filing nomination papers in Bihar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210853/http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2005/november_05/election_campaign_bihar.htm |date=23 September 2015 }}''</ref> 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.<ref name="indiankanoon.org"/>

Rameshwar Prasad was granted bail by the [[Patna High Court]] 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 {{INR}} 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount.<ref name="indiankanoon.org"/>

== References ==
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