Prabhunath Singh

Prabhunath Singh is a politician from Bihar, India and was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha. Singh represented the Masrakh assembly constituency from 1985 to 1995, and the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar from 1998 to 2009. In 2013, he won the bypoll and remained as MP until 2014. Singh is a member of the JDU and currently serving life imprisonment in murder case.

Prabhunath Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2013–2014
Preceded by	Uma Shankar Singh
Succeeded by	Janardan Singh Sigriwal
In office 1998–2009
Preceded by	Ram Bahadur Singh
Succeeded by	Uma Shankar Singh
Constituency	Maharajganj
Member (MLA) in Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 1985–1995
Preceded by	Ram Deo Singh
Succeeded by	Ashok Singh
Constituency	Masrakh
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-20) 20 November 1953 (age 71) Mashrakh, Saran district, Bihar
Political party	Janta Dal United
Spouse	Binda Devi
Children	4 (2 sons and 2 daughters)
Parents	Basudev Singh (father) Mahasundry Devi (mother)

Background family and education

Singh was born in Mashrakh, Saran district, Bihar.^[1] He studied until class-12 from Bihar University, Muzaffarpur in 1972.^[2] His brothers Dina Singh, Madan Singh and Kedar Singh are also politicians.^[3] He is married to Binda Devi. His son, Randhir Kumar Singh, is also a politician and lost in the 2019 Indian general election to Janardan Singh Sigriwal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[4]

Career

Before entering into politics, Singh owned a brick-making factory. He won his first election for MLA as an independent candidate due to his support among Rajputs^[5][6] from his area.^[7] He is a four time member of parliament from the Saran district.^[8] In the 1995 elections, he ran as a member of BJP, but left for the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) party after losing.^[9] Singh won election as a member of the JD(U) party, but later joined RJD due to dictatorship of Nitish Kumar in JD(U).^[10] He represented the Maharajganj constituency of Bihar from 2004 to 2009 on the JD(U) ticket. In 2009, he contested on the JD(U) ticket, but narrowly lost to Uma Shankar Singh of RJD. After the death of Uma Shankar Singh, whose seat was now vacant, Singh contested on the RJD ticket, defeating JD(U)'s nominee P.K. Shahi.^{[citation needed]}

Conviction and controversies

On 23 May 2017, Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Hazaribagh Court for his connection with the murder of MLA Ashok Singh 22 years prior.^[11][12]

Positions held

Prabhunath Singh had been elected as MLA twice, and as Lok Sabha MP four times.^[13]

#	From	To	Position	Party
1.	1985	1990	MLA (1st term) from Masrakh	IND
2.	1990	1995	MLA (2nd term) from Masrakh	Janata Dal
3.	1998	1999	MP (1st term) in 12th Lok Sabha from Maharajganj	Samata Party (Uday Mandal is current President)[14]
4.	1999	2004	MP (2nd term) in 13th Lok Sabha from Maharajganj	JD(U)
5.	2004	2009	MP (3rd term) in 14th Lok Sabha from Maharajganj	JD(U)
6.	2013	2014	MP (4th term) in 15th Lok Sabha from Maharajganj (by-poll)	RJD