Former RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh dies at 74
New Delhi/IBNS: Veteran Bihar politician and former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh died Sunday morning at Delhi's All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He was 74 years old.
Singh, a long-time associate of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, represented the state's Vaishali constituency.
He was the Union Minister for Rural Development in the Congress-led UPA-I government.
Singh was widely regarded as an expert in the rural and agricultural landscape of the country.
He is credited with the conceptualisation and implementation of the NREGA (National Rural Guarantee Employment) Act.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.