Abhay Kushwaha alias (Abhay Kumar Sinha born 5 June 1972) is an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and a Member of Parliament representing Aurangabad (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India and former Member of Legislative Assembly for Tikari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Gaya district of Bihar.[1] An erstwhile member of Janata Dal (United); he won the 2015 Legislative Assembly election to the Tekari constituency by defeating Anil Kumar of Hindustani Awam Morcha, a political party led by former Bihar Chief Minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi. He defeated Anil Kumar by a huge margin of votes. While Abhay secured 86,975 votes, Anil managed to get 55,162 votes only.[2][3] In 2024 Indian general election, he won the Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency by defeating BJP's four term member of parliament, Sushil Kumar Singh. He contested on the symbol of Rashtriya Janata Dal in this election.[4]
Abhay Kushwaha | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sushil Kumar Singh |
| Constituency | Aurangabad, Bihar |
| Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2015–2020 | |
| Preceded by | Anil Kumar |
| Constituency | Tikari |
| Leader of Parliamentary Committee, Lok Sabha of Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1972 Gaya district, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Dal (United) (till 2024) |
| Spouse | Kumari Anjali Bharti |
| Residence(s) | Village-Kujapi, p.s.-Chandauti, Dist- Gaya Bihar |
Life and political career
editBorn to Ramvriksha Prasad on 5 June 1972 in a Koeri family. Besides politics, he is also active in the business, owning Ply and Bricks plant in Bihar. He is married to Kumari Anjali Bharti, and is a father of two children. Abhay entered into mainstream politics in 2000. Prior to his entry in state level politics, he had been a Mukhia of Kujapi village in Gaya district of Bihar. He had also occupied several other important posts in the Janata Dal (United) including the post of district president of JD (U) for Gaya and secretary of the organisation for the Gaya district. He finally beat Anil Kumar to become the Member of Legislative Assembly from the Tekari seat in 2015.[5][6] In 2018 the leadership of JD (U) appointed him as the Bihar state president of the youth wing of the party. He replaced Santosh Kushwaha on this post.[7][8][9] In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election Janata Dal (United) made Abhay the candidate from Belaganj Assembly instead of his constituency Tekari.[10]
In 2020 Bihar assembly elections riding upon the wave of anti-incumbency due to growing discontent against JD (U), Surendra Prasad Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated Abhay.[11] Despite losing in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, he remained active in bringing developmental initiatives of the central and state government schemes in his area of activity, primarily in Gaya region. In 2023, he initiated a bio gas plant in Gaya under Gobar Dhan Yojna to provide compressed bio gas supply to the houses in the locality.[12]
In the year 2015, a parcel bomb blast took place at the residence of Abhay Kushwaha in which his cousin and security guard Santosh Kumar Kushwaha was killed, while trying to dispose it.[13]
Prior to 2024 Indian General Elections in Bihar, he resigned from Janata Dal United and took the membership of Rashtriya Janata Dal. Subsequently, he was made the candidate of the RJD for Lok Sabha elections from Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency. He faced Sushil Kumar Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party in a tough electoral contest.[14] Before the polls in Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party filed a complaint to Election Commission of India, in which it accused Kushwaha of asking people to vote in the name of 'caste', which is considered as violation of Model Code of Conduct.[15]
He defeated Sushil Kumar Singh with a margin of over 70,000 votes and became first non-Rajput candidate to win Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency.[16]
Controversies
editPrior to the Bihar Assembly Elections 2015, Kushwaha was caught on camera while dancing with a bar girl on an obscene song. In the video he was seen shaking himself and showering notes on the bar dancer, being fully drunk. The opposition and media highlighted the issue to counter his candidacy for the Tekari seat he was going to contest.[17][18][19] In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election, Abhay was among the politicians with most number of criminal cases against them. According to a report of Dainik Bhaskar he had a total of 14 criminal cases against him which included looting and creating hindrance in government contract works.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Aurangabad election results 2024 live updates: RJD's Abhay Kumar Sinha secures victory". www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- ^ "टेकारी सीट: 2010 और 2015 में JDU ने मारी थी बाजी, अब कौन होगा नीतीश के गढ़ का हीरो?". news18. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
Transl:Let me tell you that as soon as the Tekari Assembly was declared for the first time in 2010, JDU's Anil Kumar won 67706 votes, while RJD's rebel Kumar got only 49165 votes. The difference of defeat in this was 18541. At the same time, when Abhay Kushwaha contested from JDU in, Abhay Kushwaha secured 86,975 votes whereas Anil Kumar, who fought from Secular, got 55,162 votes, the difference of defeat was very high.
- ^ "Abhay Kumar Sinha". Myneta.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Result 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Lalu Plays Kushwaha card in first phase of Bihar election". Dainik Bhaskar. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Abhay Kumar Sinha" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Abhay Kushwaha became youth JD (U) president". livehindustan.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
trans:JDU state president Bashistha Narayan Singh has nominated Tikari MLA Abhay Kushwaha as the state president of the young JDU. At the same time, the outgoing state president of young JDU Santosh Kushwaha has been relieved with immediate effect. With this, all the officials and executive of the young JDU have been dissolved. State General Secretary Anil Kumar gave this information.
- ^ "Abhay-kushwaha-becomes-the-state-president-of-youth-wing-of-jdu". Patrika.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Madan. "Bihar: Yuva JD(U) expels two general secretaries for supporting Prashant Kishor, Narendra Singh". Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Bihar Election 2020: Full list of JDU candidates". freepressjournal. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Belaganj Assembly Constituency result 2020". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Former MLA laid foundation of bio gas plant". Dainik Bhaskar. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "One killed in parcel bomb blast at JD(U) leader's house". Indian express. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui and Nawada prepare to vote on April 19 in the first of the seven-phase election in Bihar". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "BJP complained to Election commission of India against RJD candidate in Aurangabad". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "In Bihar, fuelled by Modi factor, Nitish's EBC, Mahadalit base, NDA trumps INDIA". Indian express. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Bihar Elections 2015: JDU candidate Abhay Kushwaha caught pole dancing with bar girl in viral video". india.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "JD(U) candidate caught dancing with bar girl, video goes viral". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Sharma, Avinash. "Watch video: JD(U) candidate's 'obscene dance' with bar dancers in Bihar". One India. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "पटना के पूरब से पश्चिम तक बाहुबल:पूरब में मोकामा केे अनंत सिंह पर सबसे अधिक 38 केस, पश्चिम में रीतलाल यादव को दानापुर से टिकट, 33 केस". Dainik Bhaskar. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
trans:Bahubali number-3 is also jointly occupied by RJD and JDU. Ajay Yadav of RJD and Abhay Kumar Sinha of JDU from Belaganj are accused in 14-14 cases. Ajay is charged with murder, attempt to murder, theft, robbery, recovery in Gaya, Patna and Jehanabad. On the other hand, Abhay Kumar Sinha of JDU is accused in many serious issues including looting, obstructing government work