Abhay Kushwaha Explained

Abhay Kushwaha
Birth Date:1972 6, df=y
Birth Place:Gaya district, Bihar, India
Residence:Village-Kujapi, p.s.-Chandauti,Dist- Gaya Bihar
Constituency1:Tikari
Office1:Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:2015
Term End1:2020
Predecessor1:Anil Kumar
Party:Rashtriya Janata Dal
Office2:Leader of Parliamentary Committee, Lok Sabha of Rashtriya Janata Dal
Term Start2:21 June 2024
Otherparty:Janata Dal (United) (till 2024)
Spouse:Kumari Anjali Bharti
Nationality:Indian
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:June 2024
Predecessor:Sushil Kumar Singh
Constituency:Aurangabad, Bihar

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]

Life and political career

Born to Ramvriksha Prasad on 5 June 1972 in a Koeri family, Abhay is also active in the business. He owns Ply and Bricks plant. 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

Prior 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aurangabad election results 2024 live updates: RJD's Abhay Kumar Sinha secures victory. www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  2. Web site: टेकारी सीट: 2010 और 2015 में JDU ने मारी थी बाजी, अब कौन होगा नीतीश के गढ़ का हीरो?. news18. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014094205/https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/gaya-assembly-election-2020-tekari-seat-profile-rjd-jdu-ham-party-jitan-ram-manjhi-nitish-kumar-cgpg-3257221.html. 2020-10-13. 2020-10-14. 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..
  3. Web site: Abhay Kumar Sinha. Myneta.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013184935/https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=818. 2020-10-13. 2020-10-13.
  4. Web site: Result 2024. Election Commission of India. 5 June 2024.
  5. Web site: Lalu Plays Kushwaha card in first phase of Bihar election. Dainik Bhaskar. 10 June 2024.
  6. Web site: Abhay Kumar Sinha. Bihar Vidhan Sabha. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013174327/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/231.pdf. 2020-10-13. 2020-10-13.
  7. Web site: Abhay Kushwaha became youth JD (U) president. https://web.archive.org/web/20210205031501/https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/patna/story--abhay-kushwaha-yuva-jdu-president-1886613.html . livehindustan.com. 2020-10-13. 5 February 2021. 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. .
  8. Web site: Abhay-kushwaha-becomes-the-state-president-of-youth-wing-of-jdu. https://web.archive.org/web/20220605192737/https://www.patrika.com/patna-news/abhay-kushwaha-becomes-the-state-president-of-youth-wing-of-jdu-2601115/. 5 June 2022 . Patrika.com. 2020-10-13.
  9. Web site: Bihar: Yuva JD(U) expels two general secretaries for supporting Prashant Kishor, Narendra Singh. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713113006/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-yuva-jdu-expels-two-general-secretaries-for-supporting-prashant-kishor-narendra-singh/articleshow/74067322.cms. 13 July 2022 . Times of India. Madan. Kumar. 2020-10-14.
  10. Web site: Bihar Election 2020: Full list of JDU candidates. freepressjournal. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013180717/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/bihar-election-2020-full-list-of-jdu-candidates. 2020-10-13. 2020-10-13.
  11. Web site: Belaganj Assembly Constituency result 2020. Business Standard. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112161950/https://www.business-standard.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-2020/belaganj-election-results-18_2945.html. 2020-11-12. 2020-11-12.
  12. Web site: Former MLA laid foundation of bio gas plant. Dainik Bhaskar. 20 April 2024.
  13. Web site: One killed in parcel bomb blast at JD(U) leader’s house. Indian express. 20 April 2024.
  14. Web site: Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui and Nawada prepare to vote on April 19 in the first of the seven-phase election in Bihar. The Hindu. 20 April 2024.
  15. Web site: BJP complained to Election commission of India against RJD candidate in Aurangabad. Dainik Jagran. 20 April 2023.
  16. Web site: In Bihar, fuelled by Modi factor, Nitish’s EBC, Mahadalit base, NDA trumps INDIA. Indian express. 24 June 2024.
  17. Web site: Bihar Elections 2015: JDU candidate Abhay Kushwaha caught pole dancing with bar girl in viral video. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130153316/https://www.india.com/viral/bihar-elections-2015-jdu-candidate-abhay-kushwaha-caught-pole-dancing-with-bar-girl-in-viral-video-588451/ . india.com. 2020-10-13. 30 January 2021.
  18. Web site: JD(U) candidate caught dancing with bar girl, video goes viral. Deccan Herald. 2020-10-13. 5 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151105023046/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/503692/jdu-candidate-caught-dancing-bar.html. live.
  19. Web site: Watch video: JD(U) candidate's 'obscene dance' with bar dancers in Bihar. Avinash. Sharma. One India. 2020-10-13. 18 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201018114349/https://www.oneindia.com/india/watch-video-ju-u-candidate-s-obscene-dance-with-bar-dancers-bihar-1884695.html. live.
  20. Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014093816/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/patna/news/maximum-38-cases-against-mokamas-anant-singh-in-east-reetlal-yadav-ticket-from-danapur-in-west-33-cases-127811519.html. 2020-10-14. 2020-10-14. 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 .

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