Jawahar Prasad Explained

Jawahar Prasad Kushwaha[1]
Birth Place:Bihar, India
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)
Term Start:1990
Term End:1995
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)
Term Start1:1995
Term End1:2000
Successor1:Ashok Kushwaha
Term Start2:2005
Term End2:2010
Term Start3:2010
Term End3:2015
Successor3:Ashok Kushwaha
Party:Bhartiya Janata Party

Jawahar Prasad is an Indian politician and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Sasaram Assembly constituency. Prasad is a five term Member of Legislative Assembly from Sasaram; he was elected as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasad has also been associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in early part of his life. He became an active member of Sangh in 1989, and in 1990 election to Bihar Assembly, he was elected for the first time.[2] [3]

Political career

In 1990 Bihar Assembly elections, Prasad defeated Bipin Bihari Sinha. He secured 42,956 votes in his favour compared to 24,261 votes in favour of Sinha.[4]

Arrest

Prasad was arrested in April 2023, by Bihar police on the charges of inciting the violence against Muslims in Sasaram during the Ram Navami procession. According to news reports, he was one of the leader, who was leading the procession in the Muslim dominated region. Latter, he allegedly provoked the masses for pelting stones, which resulted in communal strife.[5] [6] [7] It was reported that, in this incident, many regions like Sahajlal Peer colony and Qadirganj of Sasaram witnessed communal tensions. The rioters burnt many houses of the local Muslim inhabitants and destroyed private as well as public property.[8] In response to arrest of Prasad over allegations of inciting violence, Nikhil Anand, president of Other Backward Class wing of Bharatiya Janata Party denounced the claims of Bihar police and administration of Prasad being the culprit in Ram Navami violence.[9]

Condemning the arrest of Prasad on allegations of spreading communal violence, Bhartiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi alleged that Nitish Kumar's government arrested Prasad, as he was a popular leader from Koeri caste in Sasaram Assembly constituency and since the people belonging to his caste group have shifted their loyalty to Bhartiya Janata Party, administration of Kumar is targeting him on caste grounds.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bihar Chunav 2020 : सासाराम सीट पर है 40 वर्षों से कुशवाहा का कब्जा. prabhat khabar. 23 March 2023. 25 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201025142849/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/sasaram/bihar-chunav-2020-kushwaha-occupies-sasaram-seat-for-40-years-kushwaha-11-times-in-16-elections-kayastha-candidate-four-times-asj. live.
  2. Web site: Sasaram: राजदूत पर लालबत्ती लगाकर घूमते थे ये MLA, पीछे बैठता था बॉडीगार्ड. AajTak. 19 March 2023. 21 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321203104/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/jawahar-prasad-red-light-mount-rajdoot-jawahar-prasad-story-bjp-mla-sasaram-bihar-assembly-election-2020-1141734-2020-10-07. live.
  3. Web site: Bihar Election Flashback: जवाहर प्रसाद- सासाराम के BJP MLA जो अपनी बाइक पर लगाते थे लाल बत्ती. 19 March 2023. 21 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321204656/https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-election-fashback-jawahar-prasad-bjp-mla-of-sasaram-who-used-to-put-red-light-on-his-bike-20847426.html. live.
  4. Web site: 1990 Bihar Assembly elections. Election.in. 19 March 2023. 21 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321205738/https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1990-election-results.html. live.
  5. Web site: Bihar Ram Navami violence: BJP ex-MLA Jawahar Prasad arrested; CM Nitish Kumar says no one will be spared. Indian express. 30 April 2023. 29 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429105949/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bihar-ram-navami-violence-bjp-ex-mla-jawahar-prasad-arrested-cm-nitish-kumar-no-one-spared-8582659/. live.
  6. Web site: Bihar ex-MLA Jawahar Prasad arrested over Sasaram communal violence case. Hindustan Times. 30 April 2023. 29 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429234357/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/former-bjp-mla-arrested-in-connection-with-bihar-communal-violence-case-101682760591659.html. live.
  7. Web site: Ex-BJP MLA Jawahar Prasad held over flare-up. The Telegraph. 30 April 2023. 29 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429235220/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/ex-bjp-mla-jawahar-prasad-held-over-flare-up/cid/1933371. live.
  8. Web site: Sasaram Violence मामले में भाजपा के पूर्व विधायक जवाहर प्रसाद गिरफ्तार, एक अन्य को भी पुलिस ने पकड़ा. jagran. 30 April 2023. 30 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230430220724/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/rohtas-former-bjp-mla-jawahar-prasad-and-two-arrested-in-sasaram-violence-case-23398339.html. live.
  9. Web site: Ex-BJP MLA arrested over Ram Navami violence in Bihar’s Sasaram. The Hindu. 30 April 2023. 30 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230430095445/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ex-bjp-mla-arrested-over-ram-navami-violence-in-bihars-sasaram/article66792991.ece. live.
  10. Web site: Political slug fest over ex-BJP MLA’s arrest. Times of India. 5 May 2023. 5 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230505021936/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/political-slugfest-over-ex-bjp-mlas-arrest/articleshow/99880475.cms. live.

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