Baban Singh

Baban Singh (Nepali: बबन सिंह) is a Nepalese member of parliament and politician, who won the Rautahat-1 seat in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election as an independent candidate. Singh won the seat with 9201 votes.^[1] At the time of the election, Singh was on the 'most wanted list' of the Nepalese police forces.^[2] According to sources Singh was a member of the 'Terai Army'. .^[3]

Singh did not make any public appearance during the election campaign.^[4] Singh's campaign carried the slogan Hamara Ke Bachali ('Save me'), pleading to the voters to use the vote in order to save him from a death penalty.^[5] Singh's family was active in running the campaign.^[6]

Singh has also been accused of inciting the violent uprising against maoists on March 21, 2007 in Gaur, where 27 Maoists were killed.^[7][8][9]

On May 27, 2008, Singh was able to reach the Birendra International Conference Centre to be sworn in as a Constituent Assembly member, without being caught by police.^[10] On June 1, 2008, he surrendered to the Gaur District Court, but was released by the court on general date following legal proceedings.^[9]

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