Lalan Singh Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Profession(s)	Politician, Social worker
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and pepper
Politics
Political Party	Janata Dal (United)
Political Journey	• Elected to Rajya Sabha (April 2000 - 2004) • Member of the Standing Committee of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Committee of Subordinate Legislation, and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal • Elected to 14th Lok Sabha from the Begusarai constituency (2004) • Member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas (5 August 2007 - May 2009) and the Committee on Public Undertakings. • Elected to 15th Lok Sabha for the second time from the Munger constituency (2009) • Member of various committees such as the Committee on Public Undertakings on 6 August 2009, the Committee on Coal and Steel on 31 August 2009, the Committee on Privileges on 23 September 2009, and the Committee on Public Undertakings on 1 May 2010. • Served as the Bihar Unit president of JD(U) • Nominated as Member of Bihar Vidhan Sabha (2014-2019) • Minister in the Bihar Government (2014-2019), first as the Minister of Road construction till 2015 and then as the Minister of Science and Technology till 2019 • Elected to 17th Lok Sabha for the third time from the Munger constituency (May 2019) • Member of various committees such as Business advisory, Public Accounts, Energy • Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Energy (13 September 2020 - 12 September 2022) • Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs (13 September 2022 - present) • National President of Janata Dal (United) (31 July 2021 - 29 December 2023) • Leader of Janata Dal (United) in Lok Sabha (2019 - 2024) • Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying (10 June 2024 - present) • Union Minister of Panchayati Raj (10 June 2024 - till present)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 January 1955 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	69 Years
Birthplace	Patna, Bihar
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Patna, Bihar
College/University	T.N.B. (Tej Narayan Banaili) College, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Bhumihar (Bhuinhar or Babhan)
Address	B/85, Buddha Colony, Ward No. 024, P.S.: Buddha Colony, Circle, Block, Sub-Division: Patna Sadar, P.O.: Patna G.P.O. - 800001, District Patna (Bihar)
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	14 June 1977
Family
Wife/Spouse	Renu Devi
Children	Daughter- Swati Ranjan
Parents	Father- Jwala Prasad Singh (deceased) Mother- Kaushalya Devi
Siblings	Sister- Archana
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Innova Crysta 2.8Z (2019)
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	Salary- Rs 2 Lakh + other allowances Income- Rs 1,38,83,975 (for the financial year 2022-23)
Assets/Properties (As of 2024)	Movable Assets • Cash: Rs 6,93,345 • Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions (FI), Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), Cooperative societies: Rs 55,37,139 • Motor Vehicle: Rs 27,04,506 • Jewellery: Rs 6,40,000 • Other assets (One N. P. Bore pistol, one N. P. Bore Rifle, Household goods, Furniture, computer etc): Rs 9,09,081 Immovable Assets • Agricultural land: Rs 78,25,000 • Non-agricultural land: Rs 3,55,000 • Commercial Building: Rs 4,03,27,000 • Residential Building: Rs 6,98,12,000
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs 12,69,15,323 (Rs 12.69 crores approx.)
Social Media
Instagram	lalansingh_1
Facebook	Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lalan Singh
Twitter	@LalanSingh_1

Some Lesser Known Facts About Lalan Singh

• Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh actively participated in student politics and was the General Secretary of the College Students Union during his time.

• He participated in the Bihar movement (JP movement/ Sampoorna Kranti) led by the veteran Gandhian and socialist, Jayaprakash Narayan in 1974.

• In 1985 he represented the country at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, USSR.

• He brought public issues such as the AHD scam (or fodder scam, where excessive and fraudulent withdrawal of money allocated to the Animal Husbandry Department) to court through Public Interest Litigation (PIL).

• He was a member of the delegation of farmers and visited Mexico, Netherlands, France, and Switzerland in 2001.

• He has also travelled to London in the United Kingdom as a member of the United Nations AIDS delegation.

• He was a member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly held in New York in 2003.

• He also travelled to Barcelona in Spain and Bangkok for the World AIDS conferences.

• When he was the President of the Bihar unit of Janata Dal (United), he disagreed with the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, in 2010 and became an unattached party member of JD(U).

• The party wanted to initiate the procedure of disqualifying but it never materialised as he resolved the issues with Nitish Kumar in 2013.

• He contested for a seat in the Lok Sabha from the Munger constituency in 2014 but lost to Veena Devi for more than 1 lakh votes.

• After his defeat, he was nominated to the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Bihar Legislative Assembly) in the governor’s quota.

• He was the Minister for Road Construction department in the Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet in June 2014. When a group of party workers, led by Gyanendra Singh Gyanu, questioned his appointment as a minister, the position was taken from him in February 2015.
  

  Lalan Singh at a public meeting in 2014

• He was reappointed as the Minister of Science and Technology in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet of the Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance government in February 2015.

• He handed over the responsibilities of the National President of Janata Dal (United) to Nitish Kumar on 29 December 2023 at the National Executive meeting.
  

  Lalan Singh and Nitish Kumar at the National Executive meeting

• One of the reasons reported behind his stepping down was his strategies that led to the exit of 12 – 13 party members and the attempts to place the deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav (son of Lalu Prasad Yadav) as CM.

• He has submitted nomination papers for his candidacy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Munger constituency.
  

  Lalan Singh submitting the nomination papers for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections