Ramchandra Prasad Singh
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh is an Indian politician and the national president of Janata Dal (United).[3] He is also a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Bihar since 2010. He was a UP cadre IAS officer before joining politics. He was also principal secretary of Nitish Kumar.[2][4]He became Minster of Steel in Second Modi ministry when cabinet overhaul happened.[5]
Ramchandra Prasad Singh | |
|---|---|
 Singh (right) with K. C. Tyagi | |
| Minister of Steel | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| National President of Janata Dal (United) | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 8 July 2010 | |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1958[1] Mustaffapur, Nalanda, Bihar |
| Political party | Janata Dal (United) |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Girija Singh ( m. 1982) |
| Children | 2 (including Lipi Singh) |
| Nickname(s) | RCP Singh[2] |
Personal life
Singh was born in Mustaffapur in Nalanda district, Bihar to Sukhdeo Narayan Singh and Dukhalalo Devi. He did his schooling from High School, Hussainpur, Nalanda. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in History from Patna College and did Masters in International relations From School of International studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He married Girija Singh on 21 May 1982, with whom he has two daughters.[1] His daughter, Lipi Singh, is a 2016-batch IPS officer.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Detailed Profile: Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh". India.gov.in. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nalin Verma (1 June 2010). "RS reward for Nitish's trusted RCP". Telegraph. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ↑ Karthikeyan, Suchitra (27 December 2020). "JDU chooses Nitish Kumar's close aide RCP Singh as party chief, amid tiff with ally BJP". Republic World. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ Ahmad, Soroor (1 June 2019). "Bihar: JDU leaders unhappy with the new cabinet of Modi Sarkar 2". National herald. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
According to JD(U) sources, the party wanted cabinet berths for former bureaucrat and Rajya Sabha member R C P Singh and newly-elected MP from Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and MoS status for Purnea MP Santosh Kushwaha.R C P Singh is a Kurmi and also comes from Nitish Kumar's home district of Nalanda, Lalan is a Bhumihar and Santosh a Kushwaha. The party cannot afford to lose the goodwill of any other two castes by nominating only one minister. Thus it deemed it fit not to join the government at all, said a party leader.
- ↑ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ Singh, Rohit Kumar (23 August 2019). "Lady Singham: How this Bihar woman cop made 'bahubali' MLA Anant Singh flee for his life". India Today. Retrieved 23 August 2019.