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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Distinguish|Ramsevak Singh (Babuji)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ramsewak Singh
| image =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| office = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Mirganj Assembly constituency]]
| constituency1 = [[Hathua Assembly constituency|Hathua]]
| constituency2 = [[Hathua Assembly constituency|Hathua]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2005
| predecessor =
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| term_end = 2010
| term_start1 = 2010
| term_end1 = 2015
| term_start2 = 2015
| term_end2 = 2020
| succeeded =
| office3 = Minister for Social Welfare, [[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start3 = 2 June 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/nitish-inducts-8-jd-u-members-in-cabinet-leaves-out-bjp-119060200329_1.html|title= Nitish inducts 8 JD-U members in Cabinet, leaves out BJP|website=Business Standard|accessdate=14 March 2023}}</ref>
| term_end3 = 16 November 2020
| office4 = National General Secretary of [[Janata Dal (United)]]<ref name="Toi">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/k-c-tyagi-jdus-well-known-face-does-not-find-a-place-in-new-national-team-of-nitish-kumars-party/articleshow/98871042.cms|title=K C Tyagi, JD(U)'s well-known face, does not find place in new national team of Nitish Kumar's party|website=Times of India|date=21 March 2023 |accessdate=23 March 2023}}</ref>
| term_start4 = March 2023
| office5 = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency5 = [[Hathua Assembly constituency|Hathua]]
| term_start5 = 2025
| predecessor5 = [[Rajesh Singh Kushwaha]]
| term_end5 =
}}

'''Ramsewak Singh''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Janata Dal (United)]] (JD(U)) political party. He served as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) in [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] for four consecutive terms. Singh, who represented the [[Hathua Assembly constituency]], became a minister for the first time in the [[Sixth Nitish Kumar ministry|Nitish government]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/gopalganj-new-cabinet-minister-of-bihar-ram-sevak-singh-is-very-close-to-cm-nitish-kumar-bramk-2066353.html|title=लालू के गढ़ में JDU का परचम लहराने वाले इस शख्स को नीतीश ने दी कैबिनेट में जगह|website=News18|date=2 June 2019 |accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630124427/https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/gopalganj-new-cabinet-minister-of-bihar-ram-sevak-singh-is-very-close-to-cm-nitish-kumar-bramk-2066353.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to this, he had held the post of [[Chief Whip]] of the ruling JD(U) for two terms. He is a resident of Asnand Tola village of Uchkagaon block. Before becoming an MLA, he was also the head of Balesra Panchayat. After winning the election of [[Mukhi]]ya, he became an MLA for the first time from Hathua Assembly under the symbol of [[Nitish Kumar]]'s JD(U). This was followed by his four consecutive electoral victories for the membership of Bihar Legislative Assembly.<ref name=ABP>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/who-is-ramsevak-singh-who-traveled-from-agriculture-to-jdu-state-president-why-does-nitish-trust-him-ann-1716252|title=Who is Ramsewak Singh, who is going to become the state president of JDU from an agriculturist|website=Abplive|date=9 January 2021 |accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107180106/https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/who-is-ramsevak-singh-who-traveled-from-agriculture-to-jdu-state-president-why-does-nitish-trust-him-ann-1716252|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/former-minister-ramsevak-singh-will-be-jdu-state-president-cm-nitish-kumar-believed-on-pair-of-luv-kush-ann-1716103|title=former-minister-ramsevak-singh-will-be-jdu-state-president-cm-nitish-kumar-believed-on-pair-of-luv-kush|website=ABP Live|date=9 January 2021 |accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109084522/https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/former-minister-ramsevak-singh-will-be-jdu-state-president-cm-nitish-kumar-believed-on-pair-of-luv-kush-ann-1716103|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/who-will-become-jdu-president-ram-sevak-singh-sanjay-jha-neeraj-kumar-is-in-race-nitish-kumar-will-decide-128090157.html|website=Dainik Bhaskar|title=Who-will-become-jdu-president-ram-sevak-singh-sanjay-jha-neeraj-kumar-is-in-race-nitish-kumar-will-decide|accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=21 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221163327/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/who-will-become-jdu-president-ram-sevak-singh-sanjay-jha-neeraj-kumar-is-in-race-nitish-kumar-will-decide-128090157.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/hathua-assembly-seat-election-2020-ram-sewak-singh-jdu-bjp-rjd-atsn-1135958-2020-09-26|title=Can JDU maintain its winning streak on Hathua assembly constituency|website=AajTak|date=26 September 2020 |accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=2023-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221163341/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/hathua-assembly-seat-election-2020-ram-sewak-singh-jdu-bjp-rjd-atsn-1135958-2020-09-26|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career==
Ramsewak Singh is a member of [[kushwaha,Koeri]] caste of Bihar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-mla-umesh-kushwaha-appointed-bihar-jdu-president-7141332/|title=Former mla Umesh kushwaha is JDU president|website=Indian express|date=11 January 2021 |accessdate=19 July 2024}}</ref> He has done [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] and M.D and before joining politics, he was in medical profession.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/bihar-elections-2015/news/pitch-report-from-lalus-home-town-phulwaria-in-gopalganj-district/articleshow/49600723.cms|title=Report from Lalu's home town|newspaper=The Times of India |date=30 October 2015 }}</ref>
Singh started his political career in 2001 by running for the post of Mukhiya (Head) of Balesra Panchayat of Hathua Assembly Constituency. He won the Mukhiya election by 170 votes.
For the first time in February 2005, he won election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly by 7,700 votes on the JD(U) ticket. In the mid-term elections held in November of the same year, he won election again by 8,000 votes. In 2010, he won election by 22,000 votes.
Then in 2015, he won a fourth consecutive victory in the election to the state legislature by 23,000 votes.<ref name=ABP/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gopalganj-ram-seval-singh-19277207.html|title=मुखिया से सफर की शुरुआत कर मंत्री बने रामसेवक सिंह|website=jagran.com|accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=21 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221163346/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gopalganj-ram-seval-singh-19277207.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, the Hathua assembly constituency was known as [[Mirganj Assembly constituency]]. After the delimitation exercise in 2010, the Mirganj constituency ceased to exist as such. Singh won the first assembly election in 2005 from Mirganj as well as a mid-term election later that year, and following its renaming as Hathua, he won two more elections for a total of four consecutive victories from the same constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/bihar-election-2020-lalu-prasad-yadav-hathua-assembly-seat-rjd-vs-jdu-nitish-kumar/1532971/|title=Bihar Election: लालू के 'घर' में ही अब तक एक बार भी नहीं जीत सका है राजद, 35 साल से जीत के इंतजार में कांग्रेस|website=JANSATTA|date=October 2020 |accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=20 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820070906/https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/bihar-election-2020-lalu-prasad-yadav-hathua-assembly-seat-rjd-vs-jdu-nitish-kumar/1532971/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/rjd-lalu-prasad-yadav-hathua-gopalganj-hathua-assembly-rjd-tstb-1141298-2020-10-06|title=लालू प्रसाद यादव के पैतृक गांव की इस सीट कभी नहीं जीता RJD का उम्मीदवार, अब जेडीयू का है दबदबा|website=Aajtak|date=6 October 2020 |accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=2023-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221163348/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/rjd-lalu-prasad-yadav-hathua-gopalganj-hathua-assembly-rjd-tstb-1141298-2020-10-06|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to his political achievements, he was made Minister of Social Welfare in 2019.<ref name=ABP/>

In the 2020 Hathua Assembly constituency elections, he was defeated by [[Rajesh Singh Kushwaha|Rajesh Kumar Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalgunj/hathua-vidhan-sabha-election-result-2020-latest-news-updates-on-jdu-ramsewak-singh-and-rjd-with-voting-percentage-in-bihar-chunav-and-get-breaking-news-on-hathua-vidhan-sabha-winning-mla-results-news-rkt-prt|title=Rajesh Kumar Singh wins at Hathua|website=Prabhat khabar|date=10 November 2020 |accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126063417/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalgunj/hathua-vidhan-sabha-election-result-2020-latest-news-updates-on-jdu-ramsewak-singh-and-rjd-with-voting-percentage-in-bihar-chunav-and-get-breaking-news-on-hathua-vidhan-sabha-winning-mla-results-news-rkt-prt|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/bihar-political-news-updateslav-kush-politics-in-bihar-jdu-after-sworing-of-umesh-singh-kushwaha-in-place-of-basistha-narain-singh-as-bihar-state-president-in-rcp-singh-and-nitish-kumar-policy-bihar-politics-128108645.html|language=Hindi|title=JDU के 2 रतन - एक लव, दूसरा कुश:जदयू के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष बनाए गए इस बार चुनाव हारे उमेश कुशवाहा, अचानक मिले CM तो खुली किस्मत|website=24 March 2023}}</ref>

In the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, he was again fielded by the JDU against Rashtriya Janata Dal leader [[Rajesh Singh Kushwaha]]. In this election, he emerged victorious for the third time from [[Hathua Assembly constituency]] of [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj district]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04104.htm|title=Hathua Assembly constituency 2025|website=Election Commission of India|accessdate=22 November 2025}}</ref>

==Controversies==
In 2020, Singh was accused in a murder case involving assassination of a [[Bajrang Dal]] activist, Jai Bahadur Singh, who was said to be opposing his candidacy from the ruling party, Janata Dal (United). The grandson of the victim, Dhirendra Singh, lodged a [[first information report|first information report (FIR)]] in this case in the Mirganj constituency area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/bihar/ramsewak-singh-booked-jai-bahadur-singh-murder-bihar-mirganj-349390.html|title=जदयू मंत्री के खिलाफ हत्या का मामला दर्ज, राजनीतिक रंजिश में वारदात को अंजाम देने का आरोप|website=tv9hindi|date=7 November 2020 |accessdate=8 February 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha]]
*[[Suraj Nandan Kushwaha]]
*[[Satyendra Narayan Kushwaha]]

==References==
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[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2010–2015]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2015–2020]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:People from Gopalganj district, India]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Bihar]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2005–2010]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2025–2030]]

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