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Singh had contested and lost the 2010 Bihar Assembly election as Congress candidate from Bikram seat. Outgoing Bihar Youth Congress President Lalan Kumar said if FAME wanted to weed out criminal elements from Youth Congress, it was welcome "but then why one person is being singled out? If there is a case against Sanjeev Singh, there are more cases against Kumar Ashish and a number of other office bearers of Youth Congress in Bihar. Take action against all of them." He wondered why there was no question about Singh's alleged criminal history when he was made a delegate in the party and even fielded as candidate for assembly elections. In the memorandum, Singh's supporters said, "Sanjeev Singh is not a direct accused in the case, which FAME has made its base for disqualifying him. Neither any charge sheet was filed against him nor was he ever arrested. This case is inspired by politics and the main accused in the case was a political person, who is not alive now. "That is why the case is pending for last 17 years and all 250 male and female students of the 1996 batch of the RIT are co-accused in the case," his supporters said in the memorandum. In the disqualification order, FAME's General Secretary K J Rao, said, "Sanjeev Singh should not be declared as having been elected to the post of the President of Bihar State Committee inspite of his securing the highest number of votes in the elections. ...He continues to be disqualified as a candidate, till the cases pending against him are concluded." Regarding the complaints against Kumar Ashish, the FAME said, "No charges have been framed against him and the Court has not taken cognisance of the matter and as such his nomination paper has been correctly accepted."