Ram Balak Singh aka Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Bibhutipur Assembly Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly. He is a member of Janata Dal (United) (JDU). He is a two term MLA from the Bibhutipur Assembly Constituency, which is a part of Ujiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency. In 2010 and 2015 assembly elections to Bihar Legislative Assembly, he won as a candidate of Janata Dal (United). In 2015 assembly elections, he defeated Ram Dev Varma of Communist Party of India (Marxist). However, in 2020 assembly elections, he lost to Ajay Kumar of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has also served on the key position of the ruling party JDU, which includes the General Secretary of Bihar wing of Janata Dal (United). Criminal conviction Singh was prime accused in a criminal case of murderous attack on the leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Lalan Singh. The attack as per First Information Report happened in 2000 and Singh's brother Lal Babu Singh was also an accused in it. A special court in Samastipur found him guilty in 2021 and subsequently, he was awarded 5 years of imprisonment along with fine. Other controversies Murder charges against brother Singh's brother, Lal Babu Singh was one of the prime accused in the murder of journalist Braj Kumar Singh at Salkhani village in Samastipur. The First Information Report mentioned three person to be involved in the murder, which included Singh's brother. References Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 Janata Dal (United) politicians People from Samastipur district