from 2006 to 2009, he was Chief Whip of opposition party. In January 2010, he was elected as 4th Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, a constitutional position. Till today being an MLA for sixth consecutive term, Mr. Singh is always accessible to people of his constituency and picks calls himself and at any hour and his number is public for the very reason so that people could connect to him directly. His residence is open for all 24/7, each and every day for the past 26 years he conducts "Janta Darbaar" at his residence for people of his constituency and others so that he could address grievances of people coming from all across. His supporters proudly say, this is one among many reasons people of Ranchi have chosen him for sixth time despite many hurdles thrown by opposition parties. Awards & Recognition Jharkhand stood first in 2018 in Swacchta Survekshan and for the same award was given by Hon'ble PM Shri Narendra Modi to C.P. Singh. Jharkhand was awarded as the 2nd best state in cleanliness in 2019 and this time award was given by his excellency President Shri Ram Nath Kovind to the responsible Minister. Ranchi stood first in the category of best city in cleanliness (public feedback) and the award was given by Hon'ble Minister Hardeep Puri to Mr. Singh. Limca Book of World Records recognized efforts of C.P. Singh and therefore conferred award for Public Grievance Management System. When he received the prestigious award, "Jansewa Portal" was the only portal all across India to be started by Mr. Singh as an MLA to register complaints of citizens online and to set up a volunteer based grievance redressal system so that complainants could actually track status of their complaints on real time basis 24/7. Fame India Magazine conferred C.P. Singh award of 'Best Minister' from Jharkhand across India and the award was given by Hon'ble Union Minister Shri Mahendra Nath Pandey. References 1956 births Living people People from Palamu district Members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Speakers of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Indians imprisoned during the Emergency (India) Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019 State cabinet ministers of Jharkhand Politicians from Ranchi