Rajiv Ranjan Singh

Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Cabinet Minister
In office first term from Munger
Constituency	Bihar Legislative Council
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-24) 24 January 1955 Patna, Bihar
Political party	Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP)
Spouse(s)	Renu Devi
Children	1 daughter
Residence	Patna
Religion	Hinduism
As of 26 September, 2006

Rajiv Ranjan Singh (born 24 January 1955) is the Cabinet Minister for Road Construction and Science & Technology Departments in the Bihar Cabinet under Nitish Kumar. He was nominated a member of the Bihar Legislative Council in June 2014 post his defeat in the May 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India and represented the Munger constituency of Bihar and is a member of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) political party. He previously represented the Begusarai constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He was also a Rajya Sabha member from Bihar before elected to Loksabha. In 2014 lok sabha election he lost to Veena Devi.

Background

He was born in Nalanda.

Political background

He has been Jdu state President before Bashishth narayan singh. He was very close to Nitish kumar. He became a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Munger constituency of Bihar. In 2014 lok sabha election he lost to Veena Devi. He became Road construction minister in Nitish kumar cabinet. He was removed by Jeetan ram manjhi as minister along with P K Shahi. His removal was the temporary reason of protest of Jeetan ram manjhi in Jdu. When Nitish kumar became chief minister he was again inducted as minister

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