Ramadhar Singh

Ramadhar Singh is an Indian politician with the Bharatiya Janata Party. A leader of the party in the state of Bihar, he has been representing the Aurangabad seat in the state assembly winning four out of five elections since 1995.^[1] After winning the recent 2010 Bihar legislative assembly election with a margin of 7%, he was appointed Cooperative Minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinet.

Ramadhar Singh
Cabinet Minister Government of Bihar
In office 26 August 2011 – 16 June 2013
Ministry	Term
Minister of Cooperatives	26 August 2011 - 16 June 2013
In office 26 November 2010 – 19 May 2011
Ministry	Term
Minister of Cooperatives	26 November 2010 - 19 May 2011
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 2005–2015
Preceded by	Suresh Mehta
Succeeded by	Anand Shankar Singh
Constituency	Aurangabad
In office 1995–2000
Preceded by	Brijmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Suresh Mehta
Constituency	Aurangabad
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party

However, in May 2011, he was forced to resign after it was revealed by the opposition that he had been repeatedly ignoring court appearance orders related to a communal speech in Aurangabad in 1992.^[2] Though he has 12 cases under the Indian Penal code pending against him in the courts, the opposition has alleged that he had not revealed this case in his election affidavit. He has secured bail in the remaining 11 cases.

After resigning, Singh claimed that he was ignorant of the court orders and that his lawyers had failed him in the matter.

References

1. "Aurangabad Assembly Constituency, Aurangabad Election Results".
2. "'Absconder' Bihar minister resigns". The Economic Times.