Prabhunath Singh

He studied until class-12 from Bihar University, Muzaffarpur in 1972.

His brothers Dina Singh, Madan Singh and Kedar Singh are also politicians.

He is married to Binda Devi.

Singh represented the Masrakh assembly constituency from 1985 to 1995, and the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar from 1998 to 2009.

In the 1995 elections, he ran as a member of BJP, but left for the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) party after losing.

Singh won election as a member of the JD(U) party, but later joined RJD due to dictatorship of Nitish Kumar in JD(U).

He represented the Maharajganj constituency of Bihar from 2004 to 2009 on the JD(U) ticket.

In 2009, he contested on the JD(U) ticket, but narrowly lost to Uma Shankar Singh of RJD.

After the death of Uma Shankar Singh, whose seat was now vacant, Singh contested on the RJD ticket, defeating JD(U)'s nominee P.K. Shahi.

Prabhunath Singh is a politician from Bihar, India and was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha.

In 2013, he won the bypoll and remained as MP until 2014.

Singh is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

Singh was born in Mashrakh, Saran district, Bihar.

On 23 May 2017, Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Hazaribagh Court for his connection with the murder of MLA Ashok Singh 22 years prior.

Prabhunath Singh had been elected as MLA twice, and as Lok Sabha MP four times.

His son, Randhir Kumar Singh, is also a politician and lost in the 2019 Indian general election to Janardan Singh Sigriwal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Before entering into politics, Singh owned a brick-making factory.

He won his first election for MLA as an independent candidate due to his support among Rajputs from his area.

He is a four time member of parliament from the Saran district.