Nagmani Explained
Nagmani Kushwaha (born 15 Jan 1953) is an Indian politician from Bihar and Jharkhand.[1] He is the son of another Bihar politician Jagdeo Prasad, in whose party Shoshit Samaj Dal, Nagmani started his career. He has served as an MLA for Kurtha as well as an MP for Chatra. Nagmani is known for the frequency with which he changes parties - As of 2014, he had changed political affiliations 11 times.[2]
He announced the formation of Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party on 13 September 2021.[3] [4] [5]
Political career
In 2001, he broke away from the Rashtriya Janata Dal to form Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic) and was made Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment in the Vajpayee government. He later merged Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic) with the Bhartiya Janata Party. Post Bhartiya Janata Party lost power in the center, Nagmani joined Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party before switch over to the Janata Dal (United). His wife made a minister in the Nitish Kumar government and he was elected in the Bihar Legislative Council. Then he joined Nationalist Congress Party but left ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and joined All Jharkhand Students Union.[6] [7] [8]
In 2015, he formed Samras Samaj Party announced the formation of a third front known as the Socialist Secular Morcha an alliance of six parties SP, Nationalist Congress Party, Jan Adhikar Party, Samras Samaj Party, (National People's Party) and Samajwadi Janata Party.[9] [10] [11]
In 2017, Nagmanai joined Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samta Party by merging his party and calling Kushwaha to be next Chief Minister of Bihar. He was named National Executive President of Rashtriya Lok Samta Party but was sacked for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities in 2019. He resigned from the party.[12] [13] Following which he joined the Janata Dal (United) but quit six months later.[14]
Notes and References
- Web site: This Nagmani is very funny. Times of India. 15 August 2023.
- Web site: बिहार के बड़े पलटीमार: जीतनराम 5 तो नागमणि 11 बार कर चुके हैं दल-बदल. Jansatta. नितिन गौतम. 23 June 2022. 24 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220624164209/https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/bihar-assembly-election-2020-top-5-leader-who-change-many-parties-defection-law-nagmani-jitanram-manjhi-pappu-yadav-ramai-ram/1501903/. live.
- Web site: 2021-09-30 . पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री नागमणि ने किया 'राष्ट्रीय शोषित समाज दल' पार्टी का गठन, 2024 में लड़ेंगे चुनाव . 2022-04-13 . Dtv Bharat . en-US . 26 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220826163911/https://dtvbharat.com/2021/09/30/former-union-minister-nagmani-formed-rashtriya-shoshit-samaj-dal-party-will-contest-elections-in-2024/ . live .
- Web site: राष्ट्रीय शोषित समाज पार्टी ने विशाल कार्यकर्ता सम्मेलन का किया आयोजन . 2022-04-13 . www.etvbharat.com . 13 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220413084958/https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/uttar-pradesh/state/mathura/rashtriya-shoshit-samaj-party-organized-workers-conference-in-mathura/up20210316210701915 . live .
- Web site: बिहार में नागमणि ने बनाई राष्ट्रीय शोषित समाज पार्टी, मुस्लिम और कोइरी CM के साथ 5 डेप्युटी CM बनाने का एजेंडा . 2022-04-13 . Navbharat Times . hi . 1 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211001053326/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/nagmani-formed-rashtriya-soshit-party-in-bihar-agenda-to-make-5-deputy-cms-with-muslim-and-koeri-cm/articleshow/86672714.cms . live .
- News: Bihar: Nagmani a 'record holder' in political somersaults. 8 March 2014. Abdul Qadiri. Times of India. 9 March 2018. 29 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729153056/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bihar-Nagmani-a-record-holder-in-political-somersaults/articleshow/31641122.cms. live.
- Web site: JD(U) targets Nagmani, eyes Chatra . 7 April 2020 . 7 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407110042/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/jd-u-targets-nagmani-eyes-chatra/cid/769273 . live .
- Web site: Former Union minister joins All Jharkhand Students Union . . 7 April 2020 . 26 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220826163900/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Former-Union-minister-joins-All-Jharkhand-Students-Union/articleshow/32144023.cms . live .
- Web site: Samajwadi Party teams up with Pappu Yadav, NCP, 3 others to form third front. timesofindia-economictimes. 7 April 2020. 20 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200420173904/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/samajwadi-party-teams-up-with-pappu-yadav-ncp-3-others-to-form-third-front/articleshow/49028112.cms. live.
- Web site: Samras Samaj Party merges into RLSP. news.webindia123.com. 2019-02-05. 7 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407110042/https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/india/20170729/3157831.html. live.
- Web site: Nagmani's party too quits Third Front, to back Lalu-Nitish - Times of India. The Times of India. 2019-02-05. 25 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190425065310/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/bihar-elections-2015/news/Nagmanis-party-too-quits-Third-Front-to-back-Lalu-Nitish/articleshow/49516967.cms. live.
- Web site: Nagmani resigns, accuses Kushwaha of "selling" party tickets . 7 April 2020 . 7 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407112323/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nagmani-resigns-accuses-kushwaha-of-selling-party-tickets-119021000521_1.html . live .
- Web site: RLSP removes Nagmani from national working president post . 7 April 2020 . 7 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407110816/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rlsp-removes-nagmani-from-national-working-president-post-119020801281_1.html . live .
- Web site: Ex-Union minister Nagmani quits Nitish Kumar's JD(U). 2019-10-20. The Financial Express. en-US. 2020-04-25. 24 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924000828/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ex-union-minister-nagmani-quits-nitish-kumars-jdu/1741175/. live.
