JD(U) Chief RCP Singh's Meteoric Rise From Kurmi Bureaucrat To Cabinet Minister
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Hailing from Bihar's Nalanda district and belonging to the Kurmi caste, Ram Chandra Prasad Singh took the oath as a Union Cabinet Minister today evening.
Bureaucrat, politician and now a Union Minister, Ram Chandra Prasad Singh's meteoric rise began when he grabbed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's attention. Hailing from the state's Nalanda district and belonging to the Kurmi caste, RCP, as he is popularly known, took the oath of office as Union Cabinet Minister today evening. He came in Nitish Kumar's close proximity in the late 1990s when the then Samata Party leader was the Union Railway Minister and the Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was on a central deputation. Impressed by Mr Singh's abilities, Nitish Kumar borrowed him from the UP cadre and appointed him as his principal secretary after becoming the chief minister of Bihar. However, Nitish Kumar seemed to have bigger plans for the 63-year-old RCP Singh, who made his political debut in 2010, getting elected to the Rajya Sabha on a JD(U) ticket after taking premature retirement from the civil services.More Related News