Ram Singh Sodho

Ram Singh Sodha (16 January 1945 – 13 February 2021) was a former Pakistani Hindu politician. A member of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (Q), he held a seat reserved for non-Muslims in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, but in 2011 resigned and moved to India.

Family and personal life Sodho was born in Arokhi, Diplo, Tharparkar District, but later moved to Dileep Nagar, the district capital in Mithi. He is a lawyer by profession. He was born into an influential family in Sindh. His father, Ran Singh Sodha, was influential in his home community. Ransingh Sodha was the chairman of the union council Arokhi till up to death. Ransingh has no real sister; he was the only son of Samersingh Sodha. Samersingh Sodha was a member of the Tharparkar district council in Mirpurkhas.

Sodha's sons preceded him in moving to India. One son, Dileep Singh, moved there around 2001 but died in Bhuj during the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Health Engineering and the Standing Committee on Minority Affairs, and the chairman of the Standing Committee on Youth Affairs & Sports. Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro was reported by Dawn to have received Sodho's handwritten resignation letter on 26 January, following a phone call the previous day. The Election Commission of Pakistan filled Sodho's seat with new appointee Chettan Mal Arwani, the next non-Muslim candidate on the PML-Q list. Sodho stated that he was stepping down for health reasons; colleague Abdul Razzaque Rahmo stated that spinal cord problems had left him with mobility issues. In contrast, Sodho's cousin Paret Lal stated that Sodho had received threats on his life, and Pitambar Sewani of the PPP claims that Sodho had been seeking political asylum in India for several years.