Ram Ekbal Singh Warsi

Ram Ekbal Singh Warsi ( – 10 October 2016), also spelled Ram Iqbal Worsi, was an Indian freedom fighter, social thinker from Bhojpur, Bihar. Warsi was the name of his native village, which he added to his last name.

Biography Ram Eqbal worked in Rohtas Group of Industries as a manual worker, and became an activist for Indian Independence in 1938. In 1942, he participated in the Quit India Movement and was imprisoned, where he met socialist leaders Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. He joined Subash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army in 1943.

He was elected an MLA from Piro (now named Tarari) constituency on a ticket from Samyukta Socialist Party in 1969. He represented the constituency in Bihar Legislative Assembly till 1972.

He didn't contest elections after 1969, finding the political system dishonest. He said: “Accepting pension for trying to liberate one’s home is a sin. And taking pension for serving people, as their elected representative, is a bigger sin,”

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in his tribute said Warsi's "contribution in promoting socialist movement in Bihar would never be forgotten."