Dinesh Prasad Singh | |
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![]() 2013 inauguration ceremony | |
Member of Bihar Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 2003 | |
Constituency | Muzaffarpur |
Personal details | |
Born | Daudpur,Bihar,India | 21 February 1959
Political party | Janata Dal (United) |
Spouse | Veena Devi |
Children | Shubham Singh,Komal Singh |
Residence(s) | Muzaffarpur,Bihar |
Dinesh Prasad Singh is an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United). He is the member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Muzaffarpur. His wife Veena Devi is a Member of Parliament from Vaishali lokasabha constituency of Bihar.
Dinesh Singh was born in Daudpur and studied in Kutahi High school. [1]
Singh started his political career in the 1990s. He has served in the Bihar Legislative Council as the chairman as well as a member for 18 years. [2] His wife Veena Devi is Member of Parliament from Vaishali. She has also served as MLA of Gaighat Bihar,Chairperson of Muzaffarpur,and Vice Chairperson of Muzaffarpur. [3]
He was close to Anand Mohan Singh in 1995 with Bihar People's Party then and stood 3rd from Sahebganj,Muzaffarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency), [4] he shifted to Lalu Prasad Yadav,Rashtriya Janata Dal and now he is presently in Janata Dal (United) with Nitish Kumar. 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. [5] [6] He has for the past 4 times secured his seat by winning with maximum number of margins across India and has been doing it from past 2 decades. [7] His daughter in law is currently the vice Chairperson of Muzaffarpur. [8]