Bhudeo Choudhary Explained

Office:Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start:10 November 2020
Constituency:Dhoraiya
Predecessor:Manish Kumar
Successor1:Chirag Paswan
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency1:Jamui
Office2:Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency2:Dhoraiya
Successor2:Manish Kumar
Predecessor2:Naresh Das
Termend1:2014
Termstart1:2009
Termend2:2009
Termstart2:2000
Birth Date:1960 2, df=yes
Spouse:Indrani Choudhary (m. 1997)
Party:Rashtriya Janata Dal (2020 -Present)
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Preceded1:Bhola Manjhi

Bhudeo Choudhary (alternatively Bhudev Choudhary; born 1 February 1960[1]) is an Indian politician currently serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Dhoraiya seat in Bihar representing the Rashtriya Janata Dal and former member of parliament. He has been the state president of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party in Bihar till September 2020.[2] Prior to the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, he joined Rashtriya Janata Dal.[3] He has also been the representative of the Dhauraiya constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2009. Choudhary was elected to the Indian parliament in 2009 for one term as the representative of the Jamui constituency. He is a former member of the Janata Dal (United).

Political career

Bhudeo Choudhary had contested the Dhauraiya constituency of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1990 as an independent candidate and in 1995 as the candidate of the Samata Party (now led by Uday Mandal its President).[4] [5] [6] Choudhary was elected as a representative in the legislative assembly for the first time in 2000. He was then a member of the Samata Party and became the representative of the Dhauraiya constituency.[7] After the merger of the Samata Party into the Janata Dal (United),[8] he was re-elected to the seat in the February and October elections of 2005 as the candidate of the Janata Dal (United).[9]

Choudhary was elected to the Indian parliament from the Jamui constituency in the 2009 Indian general election as a member of the Janata Dal (United) and a nominee of the National Democratic Alliance.[10] [11] Following his election, he resigned from his seat in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[12] He is noted to have criticised the 2011 Union Budget of India with a rhyme stating "If you drive a car, I will tax the street. If you try to sit, I will tax the seat. If you get too cold, I will tax the heat. If you take a walk, I will tax your feet."[13] Choudhary remained as a sitting member of parliament of the Janata Dal (United) till 2014,[14] but the party denied him candidacy to stand for re-election in the 2014 Indian general election.[15] [16]

He contested the Dhauraiya constituency for the sixth time as a candidate of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election but failed to secure the seat.[17] In 2016, he was nominated as the state president of the Bihar unit of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party's by the party's national president, Upendra Kushwaha.[18] The nomination was met with dissent in the party from the rebelling faction of Arun Kumar.[19] Choudhary contested the Jamui constituency seat in the 2019 Indian general election but was defeated by Chirag Paswan.[20]

Controversy

Land grabbing case

Bhudeo Choudhary has been involved in a land grabbing case in Kazichak, Banka district. A first information report (FIR) had been lodged against Choudhary which stated that he had forced the claimant of a property to vacate the premises by threatening him with an unlicensed revolver in the presence of a mob which included police personnel and administrative officers and then demolished the property after attaining possession. The report alleged that documents for the sale of the property were forged with the help of undue influence in favor of his wife, Indrani Choudhary when he was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from the constituency. The report also claimed that a death certificate of the wife of the original owner had been forged to deny her rights to the property after her husband had died. The FIR had named Bhudeo Choudhary, his wife, a deputy collector and over 50 other people, some of whom were unidentified.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile of Members. Government of India. 8 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101015457/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4476. 1 January 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: रालोसपा की प्रदेश कमेटी की घोषणा, भूदेव चौधरी फिर बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष. 29 October 2019. Live Hindustan. hindi. live. 2020-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030154752/https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-rlsp-state-committee-announced-bhudeo-choudhary-again-became-state-president-2821677.html . 30 October 2019 .
  3. Web site: Bihar RLSP president Bhudeo Chaudhary joins RJD. ind.news. 2020-09-30. 12 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201012031525/https://ind.news/bihar-rlsp-president-bhudeo-chaudhary-joins-rjd/. dead.
  4. Web site: 2022-11-19 . Flaming torch a free symbol, EC can allot it to any other party: Delhi HC dismisses Samata Party’s appeal . 2022-11-26 . The Indian Express . en . 26 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221126135635/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/flaming-torch-symbol-ec-delhi-hc-dismisses-samata-partys-appeal-8278007/ . live .
  5. Web site: Bihar 1990. Election Commission of India. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060954/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3897-bihar-1990/ . 15 May 2019 .
  6. Web site: Bihar 1995. Election Commission of India. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060949/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ . 15 May 2019 .
  7. Web site: Bihar 2000. Election Commission of India. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060944/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3900-bihar-2000/ . 15 May 2019 .
  8. News: Menon. Paravathi. Janata Parivar's home base. 23 April 2004. Frontline Magazine. 19 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080103051657/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm. 3 January 2008.
  9. Web site: Bihar 2005. Election Commission of India. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060939/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3901-bihar-2005/ . 15 May 2019 .
  10. Web site: Jamui Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Chirag Kumar Paswan of LJP Wins. 2019-05-23. News18. live. 2020-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529045411/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/jamui-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154257.html . 29 May 2019 .
  11. News: Singh. Abhay. Bihar: New rivals to make interesting contest in Jamui. 1 April 2019. The Times of India. live. 22 April 2020. 14 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114225738/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/new-rivals-to-make-interesting-contest-in-jamui/articleshow/68660107.cms.
  12. Web site: Bihar set for a mini election. Srivastava. Amitabh. 2 July 2019. India Today. en. live. 2020-04-22. 16 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230816131158/https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/bihar-set-for-a-mini-election-51268-2009-07-01.
  13. Web site: No country for humour. Vasudev. Shefalee. 2016-07-01. Livemint. en. live. 2020-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701142551/http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/qDpSMlY8QSYqS5HCbulXTL/No-country-for-humour.html . 1 July 2016 .
  14. Web site: Bihar BJP resists Paswan’s return to NDA fold. 25 February 2014. Business Line. en. live. 2020-04-22. 16 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230816131211/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/bihar-bjp-resists-paswans-return-to-nda-fold/article20731654.ece.
  15. Web site: General Election 2014. Election Commission of India. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190426080451/https://eci.gov.in/files/category/97-general-election-2014/ . 26 April 2019 .
  16. Web site: Political turncoats take over Bihar. Jha. Giridhar. 22 March 2014. India Today. en. live. 2020-04-22. 16 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230816131200/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/political-turncoats-take-over-bihar-185782-2014-03-22.
  17. Web site: Bihar 2015. Election Commission of India. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060930/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ . 15 May 2019 .
  18. News: Kushwaha names Bhudeo Choudhary as RLSP Bihar president. 2016-09-18. Business Standard. 2020-04-22. live. 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919131436/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kushwaha-names-bhudeo-choudhary-as-rlsp-bihar-president-116091800764_1.html.
  19. Web site: Upendra Kushwaha re-elected RLSP chief. Mishra. Anand. 2016-09-26. The Indian Express. en-US. live. 2020-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926155020/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/upendra-kushwaha-re-elected-rlsp-chief-3050095/ . 26 September 2016 .
  20. Web site: Party to decide if Chirag Paswan should be given ministerial post in Modi’s cabinet: Ram Vilas Paswan. Jha. Sujeet. 20 May 2019. India Today. en. live. 2020-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164031/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/party-to-decide-if-chirag-paswan-should-be-given-ministerial-post-in-modi-s-cabinet-ram-vilas-paswan-1530627-2019-05-20 . 25 February 2021 .
  21. Web site: सांसद भूदेव पर प्राथमिकी का आदेश. 11 January 2014. Prabhat Khabar. hi. live. 2020-04-22. 16 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230816131214/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/79465.

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