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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Rajiv Ranjan Singh
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|1|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Patna]] East boring canal road buddha colony
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = National President JD(U) [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| predecessor = [[RCP Singh]]
| successor =
| termstart = 31 July 2021
| termsend =
| office1 = Leader of [[Janata Dal (United)]] in Lok Sabha]]
| termstart1 = 2019
| office2 = Minister for Water Resources and Planning & Development
[[Bihar Government]]
| termstart2 = 2014
| termend2 = 2019
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
| termstart3 = June 2014
| termend3 = June 2019
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Loksabha]]
| termstart4 = 2019
| constituency4 = [[Munger]]
| termstart5 = 2009
| termend5 = 2014
| constituency6 = [[Begusarai]]
| termstart6 = 2004
| termend6 = 2009
| party = [[Janata Dal United]]
| otherparty = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| spouse = Renu Devi
| children = 1
| alma_mater = T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur University ([[Bachelor of Arts]] (Honors))<ref name="Bio"/>
| profession = Politician, Social worker<ref name="Bio"/>
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
}}

'''Rajiv Ranjan "Lalan" Singh''' (born 24 January 1955) is an Indian politician and [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] representing [[Munger (Lok Sabha constituency)|Munger]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Janata Dal (United)]]. He is National party president of JDU (Janta Dal United). He was also the former [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]] Bihar unit President. He born in Bhumihar family.

He was nominated as a member of the [[Bihar Legislative Council]] in June 2014 after his defeat in the May [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]]. He was a member of the [[15th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]] and represented [[Munger]] Lok Sabha constituency of [[Bihar]]. He also represented [[Begusarai]] constituency in the [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]].

==Personal life==
Singh was born in [[Patna]] on 24 January 1955 to Jwala Prasad Singh and Kaushalya Devi. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (Honors) degree from T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur University. Singh was a General Secretary of College Students Union and in 1974, had participated in the movements led by [[Jayaprakash Narayan]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|title=Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch|url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4134 |access-date=3 July 2019|date=13 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513222741/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4134|archive-date=13 May 2006}}</ref>

Singh is married to Renu Devi and they have a daughter together.<ref name="Bio"/>

==Political background==
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Lalan Singh represented the [[Munger]] constituency of [[Bihar]] and was the President of Bihar JDU when he rebelled against CM [[Nitish Kumar]] in 2010 and later continued to be an unattached member of [[JD(U)]]. The party moved in [[Lok Sabha]] to demand his disqualification but the move was aborted post his rapprochement with [[Nitish Kumar]] in 2013. He was given a ticket to contest the Munger Lok Sabha seat but was defeated by Veena Devi of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]] by nearly 1 lakh votes.

He was nominated to the [[Bihar Legislative Council]] under the Governor's quota and made the Minister for Road Construction Department in the [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]] cabinet in June 2014. His induction and elevation despite the electoral loss sparked a rebellion in [[JDU]] led by Gyanendra Singh Gyanu who later defected to [[BJP]] with a group of 12 MLAs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Abhay |title=JD(U) MLA joins BJP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/JDU-MLA-joins-BJP/articleshow/48473414.cms |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=14 August 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He was sacked from the cabinet by [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]] as a minister along with [[Prashant Kumar Shahi]] in February 2015. When [[Nitish Kumar]] became Chief Minister, he was again inducted as a Minister in the Mahagathbandhan Government<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/BIH-PAT-bihar-news-patna-news-chief-minister-nitish-kumar-ministers-additional-charge-4914583-NOR.html |title=मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने मंत्रियों को दिया अतिरिक्त प्रभार |date=24 February 2015 |work=Bhaskar |access-date=24 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223653/http://www.bhaskar.com/news/BIH-PAT-bihar-news-patna-news-chief-minister-nitish-kumar-ministers-additional-charge-4914583-NOR.html |archive-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060505051253/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=4134 Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]

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