Ashok Kushwaha Explained
Ashok Kumar better known as Ashok Kushwaha is a former Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Sasaram Assembly constituency. He was a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal, and was elected in the 2000 Bihar assembly elections as well as the 2015 Bihar assembly elections. Kumar shifted his allegiance to Janata Dal (United) (JDU) prior to 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and was made a candidate of JDU from Sasaram constituency against Rajesh Kumar Gupta of Rashtriya Janata Dal. However, he was defeated in the 2020 elections.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] In 2015 assembly elections, Kumar had defeated Jawahar Prasad of Bhartiya Janata Party. [8]
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- Web site: ASHOK KUMAR Winner 2015. National Election watch. 4 March 2023. 22 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210622081617/https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=664. live.
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