Ramchandra Prasad Singh | |
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| Union Minister of Steel | |
| In office 7 July 2021 – 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Succeeded by | Jyotiraditya Scindia |
| National President of Janata Dal (United) | |
| In office 27 December 2020 – 31 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Lalan Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 8 July 2010 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Khiru Mahto |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1958[1] Mustaffapur, Nalanda, Bihar, India |
| Political party | ASA (2024 - present) BJP (2023 - 24) JD(U) (2010 - 22) |
| Spouse |
Girija Singh (m. 1982) |
| Children | 2, including Lipi Singh |
| Website | rcpsingh |
| Nickname | RCP Singh[2] |
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh (born 6 July 1958) is an Indian politician and former national president of Janata Dal (United).[3] He is a former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Bihar from 2010 to 2022. He was a Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer before joining politics.[4] He was also principal secretary of Nitish Kumar.[2][5] He became Minister of Steel in Second Modi ministry when cabinet overhaul happened.[6]
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- ^ "Nitish Kumar's JD(U) successor an ex-IAS officer who cleared UPSC before graduating". ThePrint. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "RCP Singh—Meet the IAS officer-turned politician who becomes new JD(U) president - The Financial Express". www.financialexpress.com. 27 December 2020. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Ahmad, Soroor (1 June 2019). "Bihar: JDU leaders unhappy with the new cabinet of Modi Sarkar 2". National herald. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
According to JD(U) sources, the party wanted cabinet berths for former bureaucrat and Rajya Sabha member R C P Singh and newly-elected MP from Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and MoS status for Purnea MP Santosh Kushwaha.R C P Singh is a Kurmi and also comes from Nitish Kumar's home district of Nalanda, Lalan is a Bhumihar and Santosh a Kushwaha. The party cannot afford to lose the goodwill of any other two castes by nominating only one minister. Thus it deemed it fit not to join the government at all, said a party leader.
- ^ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.