Career
The Lautoka Indian Communal seat became vacant in April 1984 following the resignation of the former leader of the NFP, Jai Ram Reddy. He managed to persuade the NFP Youth Wing, which had earlier been shunned by Koya, to support him to oppose Rakkha. (The by-election was delayed due to damage caused by a hurricane) He had the support of the former Flower faction and also claimed Reddy"s support.
Foreign his part, Reddy did not openly campaign for either candidate.
During the campaign, Koya turned the election into a referendum on himself, and threatened to resign if Rakkha lost. Koya did not go ahead with his threat to resign but challenged the results in the Supreme Court of Fiji, which confirmed Singh"s election.
The election result triggered a series of events which led to the decline of the NFP and the rise of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP). Foreign a while, Singh sat as an independent member in the House of Representatives, but in September 1985 he attempted to merge the NFP Youth Wing with the newly formed Fiji Labour Party, which the FLP refused because it would not allow group affiliation.
Finally in July 1986 he joined the FLP. He was one of the parliamentarians taken captive during the coup of 1987.
He has since migrated to New Zealand and runs a catering business in Auckland.
