Manoj Kumar Singh is an Indian politician. He hails from Pratappur Village, Hasainganj thana Siwan district. In the early phase of his political career he worked with

Mohammad Shahabuddin Mohammad Shahabuddin is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''Muhammad (name), Mohammad'' () and ''Shihab al-Din (disambiguation), Shihab al-Din'' (). It may refer to: * Shahadudheen Sabith ( ...

, albeit he did not become a member of Shahabuddin's

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

. Singh's brother Mrityunjay Singh was killed in 2005, and Shahabuddin was later charged with involvement in the murder. Singh was the chairman of Siwan Central Co-operative Bank from 2006 to 2017. Singh joined the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

in 2008. He became Siwan District president of BJP.''Times of India''.
Thakur kin keen to contest polls
' In 2009 he was thrown out of the BJP, as he had supported independent candidate

Om Prakash Yadav Om Prakash Yadav (born 23 March 1963) is an Indian politician and National Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha. In the Indian General Election, 2009, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Siwan (Lok Sabha Constituency), ...

for the Siwan seat in the

2009 Indian general election General elections were held in India in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009 to elect the members of the fifteenth Lok Sabha. With a registered electorate of 716 million and a turnout of 417 million voters, it was the l ...

. He was elected as an independent to the

Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Legislative assembly also known as Bihar Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...

in 2009. Singh rejoined the BJP on 13 September 2010. Singh joined the

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

on 14 March 2014. JD(U) fielded him as its candidate for the Siwan seat in the

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

.''Times of India''.
Don's wife looks to restore husband's legacy in Siwan
' In 2015, Singh contested Bihar Assembly election from Raghunathpur vidhan sabha seat, backed by BJP, and secured total of 50,297 votes. In 2020, Singh contested from 108, Raghunathpur vidhan sabha seat and was backed by LJP. He secured a total of 49,792 votes.

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