Rajkumar Singh is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is ...

. Singh won the Matihani Assembly constituency on

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP, ) was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. ...

ticket in the

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

. He belongs to

Bhumihar Brahmin Bhumihar, also locally called Bhuinhar and Babhan, a Hindu caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila region), the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Nepal. They have traditio ...

caste, but after few months he switched to

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, ...

. Singh was known in the

Begusarai district Begusarai District is one of the thirty-eight Districts of Bihar, districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Begusarai is its administrative headquarters and is part of the Munger division. History Begusarai was established in 1870 as ...

as a businessman and he had very less interaction with the people of area. Although his family was associated with

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

and was a well known political family of district, he resided outside the state for most of the time in his youth for education purpose. When he first tried to participate in electoral politics in the year 2020, his acquaintances advised him to contest as a candidate of Indian National Congress. However, Singh was not able to secure his candidature from the Congress. He was, however, invited by

Member of Parliament Surajbhan Singh to contest on the symbol of Lok Janshakti Party. Singh defeated former MLA of Janata Dal (United), Narendra Kumar Singh (Bogo Singh) and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2020 for the first time.

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Living people Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Lok Janshakti Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Janata Dal (United) politicians People from Begusarai district {{Bihar-politician-stub