Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
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.
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