Devi Das Nahar Explained

Devi Das Nahar
Birth Place:	Amritsar, Punjab, India
Occupation:	Politician
Nationality:	Indian

Devi Das Nahar is a valmiki activist and politician from Amritsar district, Punjab, India.^{[1] [2]} He is president of Valmiki Dharam Yudh Morcha.^[3]

Political career

Nahar is president of Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar), a splinter group of the Bahujan Samaj Party active in Amritsar area of Punjab.^{[4] [5]} In the 2002 legislative assembly elections in Punjab, BSP(A) put up 23 candidates, who together received 20,260 votes. The BSP(A) reunited with the BSP on 31 December 2003. In 2004, after the elections of Lok Sabha, Sh. Devi Dass Nahar along with Jia Lal Nahar, Pritam Chand and Balwant Singh Sultanpur was expelled from Bahujan Samaj Party^[6] and refloated his BSP(A) due to differences with Narendra Kumar Kashyap national general secretary of party and state president Avtar Singh Karimpuri. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, BSP(A) announced its support to the SAD-BJP candidates after Sukhbir Singh Badal met with Devi Dass Nahar.^[7]

See also

• Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal
• Bahujan Samaj Party

Notes and References

1. Book: Singh, Mohinder. Punjab 2000: Political and Socio-economic Developments. 2001. Anamika Publishers & Distributors. 9788186565902. en.
2. Web site: Activists hold protest over 'unkept' promises . The Tribune . 2018-09-01 . 2019-10-27.
3. Web site: Valmiki morcha to 'liberate' shrine . The Tribune . 1999-04-27 . 2019-10-27.
4. Web site: Activists hold protest over 'unkept' promises . The Tribune . 2018-09-01 . 2019-10-27.
5. Web site: Service . Tribune News . BSP (Ambedkar) members take out motorcycle rally . The Tribune . 15 October 2015 . 15 October 2015.
6. Web site: BSP expels four Punjab leaders including Devi Dass Nahar . Zee News . 4 June 2004 . la . 13 November 2015.
7. Web site: BSP(A) to support the SAD-BJP candidates . News India, Asia, World, Sports, Business, Science / Tech, Health, Entertainment, Features . 10 May 2009 . 13 November 2015.