Ram Singh Sodho
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Ram Singh Sodha | |
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| Provincial Assembly of Sindh | |
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| Born | 16 January 1945 |
| Relations | Father- Ran Singh Sodho Grandfather- Samersingh Sodha |
Ram Singh Sodha (Sindhi: رام سنگھ سوڍو) (16 January 1945 – 13 February 2021) was a former Pakistani Hindu politician.[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[1][4] He was born into an influential family in Sindh.[5] 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.[citation needed]
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.[4] His other son, Guman Singh Sodha, was an elected member of the Tharparkar district council and a construction contractor; in 2005, he was a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party. In 2007, Gumansingh moved to India as well, without formally resigning from the district council.[4] The Hindustan Times reports that Sodho may also have other relatives in the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan.[2]
Career
Sodho was first elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1985. He also served as deputy mayor of Tharparkar District from 2001–2005.[3] In 2008, when the PML gained a ninth seat in the Sindh Assembly, it was allocated to a non-Muslim, and, as such, to Sodho, who was at the top of the candidate priority list.[6] 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.[1]