Dinesh Prasad Singh
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Biography
Dinesh Prasad Singh is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council.
Early life
Singh was born in Daudpur. He belongs to the lunar dynasty of Rajputs, descendants of Pandava of the great Mahabharata. In August 2012 he was accused of murder and later granted bail. His children were also questioned by police about the case.
Political career
Singh started his political career in the 1990s. He has served in the Bihar Legislative Council as the chairman as well as member for 18 years. His wife Veena Devi served as MLA of Gaighat Bihar, Chairperson of Muzaffarpur, and Vice Chairperson of Muzaffarpur.
He was close to Anand Mohan Singh in 1995 with Bihar People's Party then and stood 3rd from Sahebganj, Muzaffarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency), he shifted to Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal and now he is presently in Janata Dal (United) with Nitish Kumar, current CM of Bihar. He won with a record breaking margin, with 90.9% votes under his name. He got 5454 votes and his opponent from BJP got just 368 votes out of the total 6000 votes. His daughter in law is currently the vice Chairperson of Muzaffarpur.