Bashistha Narain Singh, is a politician from

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. He is a Member of the

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representing

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

in the

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, the upper house of the

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. He had served as Bihar state President of

, the ruling party of the state. In January 2021, he was succeeded by Umesh Kushwaha to the post of Bihar state chief of JD (U). Previously, he was a member of

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(Uday Mandal is current National President) and was the President Bihar Samata Party from 1995 to 1998.

Political career

Singh was imprisoned several times during the Bihar movement. During Indian Emergency, he was imprisoned for nineteen months. In 1977, He was administered the oath at Shaheed Smarak, Patna to the members of the newly constituted Bihar Vidhan Sabha who were associated with the J.P. Movement. He was General Secretary of Bihar

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from 1980 to 1985. He was a member of the Executive Committee Bihar

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from 1989 to 1990 then was the Member of Parliamentary Board,

from 1990 to 1994. In 1994, he joined Samta Party formed by

George Fernandes George Mathew Fernandes (3 June 1930 – 29 January 2019) was an Indian politician, trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the Minister of Defence (India), Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. A veteran socialist, h ...

and

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest ...

and was the President Bihar Samata Party from 1995 to 1998.

References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
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