Ex-CM Satish Prasad Singh dies

PATNA: The state’s shortest-serving former CM, Satish Prasad Singh (87), died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in Delhi on Monday, just six days after his spouse’s demise.
Singh’s wife Gyan Kala Devi (84) had passed away due to old-age ailments at another private hospital in Delhi on October 27, Singh’s youngest son and Congress leader Sushil Kumar told TOI over phone on Monday.
Singh became Bihar’s sixth chief minister in 1968 for only five days. Despite being the first-time MLA, Singh headed a coalition government and served as the CM from January 28, 1968 to February 1, 1968. He was also the Bihar’s first non-upper caste chief minister.
“My father was tested positive for Covid-19 on October 24 He breathed his last at 1.20 pm on Monday,” Sushil said.
Singh became an MLA from Parbatta assembly constituency on the ticket of Sanyukta Socialist Party in 1967. During his first-term as MLA, he rose to the post of the CM. Singh was succeeded as CM by socialist leader B P Mandal who later headed the Mandal Commission. In 1980, Singh became a member of the Lok Sabha after winning the parliamentary election from Khagaria seat on a Congress ticket.