<p>A court in Aurangabad rejected his bail petition after the four-time legislator, who had been declared an absconder in 1995, surrendered before the court, officials said.<br /><br />Ramadhar Singh was forced to resign last week as the cooperative minister in the Nitish Kumar government.<br /><br />He is a legislator from Aurangabad, about 140 km from here.<br />Last week, soon after his resignation, the Patna High Court directed him to surrender in the lower court.<br /><br />Ramadhar Singh ran foul of law after allegedly making an inflammatory speech directed against Muslims following the 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya that triggered widespread communal riots.<br /><br />He had said that he was resigning to "save the image" of the Nitish Kumar government.</p>
<p>A court in Aurangabad rejected his bail petition after the four-time legislator, who had been declared an absconder in 1995, surrendered before the court, officials said.<br /><br />Ramadhar Singh was forced to resign last week as the cooperative minister in the Nitish Kumar government.<br /><br />He is a legislator from Aurangabad, about 140 km from here.<br />Last week, soon after his resignation, the Patna High Court directed him to surrender in the lower court.<br /><br />Ramadhar Singh ran foul of law after allegedly making an inflammatory speech directed against Muslims following the 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya that triggered widespread communal riots.<br /><br />He had said that he was resigning to "save the image" of the Nitish Kumar government.</p>