Amresh Kumar Singh


Amresh Kumar Singh is a Nepalese politician who is currently member of Rastriya [Swatantra Party]. He was a member of Nepali Congress in past after MJF, Nepal on whose ticket he served as the Member of the House of Representatives elected from Sarlahi 4.
He got elected as Member of Parliament from Sarlahi for three consecutive terms from Nepali Congress ticket. He was also elected to the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly in 2014 from Sarlahi 6. He's known widely for switching between parties as he gets opportunity.

Political career

He was a member of the State Management and Good Governance Committee in the House of Representatives.

Controversies

Burning the constitution

During a protest in Kathmandu, 14 members of the party including chairman Upendra Yadav and member of the Interim Parliament, Amresh Kumar Singh were arrested after they had burnt copies of the Interim Constitution which they said had failed to address the demands of the Madhesi people. Later Singh joined Nepali Congress seeing better chances of win and sided from MJF-N.

Challenging Balen Shah

Singh challenged Balen from parliament to demolish not just the scrap warehouse but also Singha Durbar, Supreme Court and Prime Minister residence. Amidst the events, he stood in support of the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to arrest mayor Shah.

Opening clothes in the Parliament

Singh took off his clothes amongst the parliamentarians in meeting after denied to be let speak during an important meeting of Pratinidhi Sabha.