Mahabali Singh
Mahabali Singh is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian Parliament, representing Karakat.
Singh twice represented Chainpur seat in Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party. During his second tenure, he defected to Rashtriya Janata Dal of Lalu Prasad Yadav and became the PWD minister in the government led by Rabri Devi in 2002.
Later, Singh joined Janata Dal, led by Nitish Kumar, and won the Chainpur seat in the 2005 and 2006 assembly elections.
In 2009, Singh won Karakat parliamentary constituency as a JD candidate. He lost the seat to Upendra Kushwaha of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party in 2014 and in 2019 regained it from Kushwaha.Life and career
Mahabali Singh was born in Khiri village, Bhagwanpur District in Kaimur region of Bihar. He served as Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for four times between 1995-2009. In 2003-2004 he took charge under Bihar Government as Cabinet Minister, PWD. In 2004-2005, he was further appointed as Cabinet Minister for Food & Civil Supplies in Bihar Government. He contested in 2009 Lok Sabha elections and was elected to 15th Lok Sabha. On 31 August 2009, he was appointed as a member of Committee on Defence.He was again appointed as Member of Committee on Ethics and Committee on Power of Lok Sabha respectively.He also took keen interest in organisational works and has published Gautam Budhha, Ambedkar and Jagdev Vichar Manch. He likes football, cricket, and folk dramas. In his capacity as Lok Sabha member, he has visited Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
