Manjeet Kumar Singh

Manjeet Kumar Singh (born 7 August 1972) is an Indian politician and is a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Bihar and has earlier been part of the 12th Legislative Assembly and 15th Legislative Assembly of Bihar of India. He represents Barauli constituency in Gopalganj district of Bihar and has previously represented Baikunthpur constituency in Gopalganj district of Bihar. He is also the Deputy Chief Whip of the ruling NDA alliance in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Personal life Manjeet is the son of Shri Braj Kishore Narayan Singh, a six-time MLA, former Bihar Government minister, and founding member of the Samta Party, and Sudha Devi.

Education Manjeet completed his early education in Patna, then earned a Bachelor of Arts from Udai Pratap Autonomous College (Purvanchal University) in Varanasi. During his studies, he became actively involved in student politics.

Political career Manjeet Singh contested his first ever student union elections in college and was elected as the Head of the Sports Department of the Union marking a start to his political career.

Following his father’s demise, former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar nominated him as the Samata Party candidate for the Baikunthpur Legislative Assembly in 2000. He won the election against Rashtriya Janata Dal's Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav.

In 2010, he again won the election against Rashtriya Janata Dal's Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav.

In 2022, Manjeet was offered a position in Rashtriya Janata Dal, but Nitish Kumar personally intervened, preventing him from joining and instead inducting him back where he was appointed as the state party vice president.

In 2025, National Democratic Alliance fielded him in Barauli, apart from his usual constituency where he won by over 12,000 votes against Rashtriya Janata Dal's Dilip Singh.

In 2026, he was appointed Deputy Chief Whip of the ruling party in the Samrat Chaudhary's cabinet reshuffle.

Posts held From To Position Comments 2000 2005 Member, 12th Legislative Assembly of Bihar from Baikunthpur

2010 2015 Member, 15th Legislative Assembly of Bihar from Baikunthpur 2022 2025 State Vice President of Janata Dal (United) 2026 Present Deputy Chief Whip of the Bihar Legislative Assembly

2020