Renu Kushawaha Explained

Renu Kushwaha
Birth Date:29 August 1962
Residence:Khagaria
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency1:Khagaria, Bihar
Term Start1:1999
Predecessor1:Shakuni Choudhury
Term End1:2004
Successor1:Rabindra Kumar Rana
Office2:Minister of Agriculture in the Government of Bihar
Term Start2:2009
Term End2:2010
Office3:Minister of Industry and Disaster Government of Bihar
Term Start3:2010
Term End3:2014
Office4:Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency4:Bihariganj[1]
Term Start4:2010
Term End4:2014
Constituency5:Kishanganj
Term Start5:2005
Term End5:2010
Party:Lok Janshakti Party
Otherparty:
Spouse:Vijay Kumar Singh
Children:3 daughters
Alma Mater:Patna University
Source:http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=537&lastls=13

Renu Kushawaha (also called Renu Kumari Singh), an Indian politician, is a former leader of Lok Janshakti Party[2] [3] and a former state minister of Bihar. She hails from Khagaria.[4] She has been associated with several political parties in past, right from Samata Party (now led by Uday Mandal its President)[5] and Janata Dal (United) to Bharatiya Janata Party.[6] [7] [8] In 2015, she contested from Samastipur Assembly seat on a BJP ticket where she lost to RJD candidate.

Biography

Kushawaha was born in Samastipur in 1962.[9] [10] Her husband is Vijay Kumar Singh who is also a politician with allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Kushawaha contested elections for the Bihar State assembly in 2010.[9] She was elected as a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bihariganj constituency in Madhepura district.[11] Later, she was made a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Bihar, headed by Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister. She held the portfolio of Industries and Disaster Management and was the only woman minister in the cabinet.[12] [10] In 2014, her son Vipin Kumar was abducted for a ransom of fifty lakh and was killed some time after the abduction.[13]

Political career

She has been an MLA three times and once an MP in her political life. Not only this, she has also been a cabinet minister twice in the Bihar government led by Nitish Kumar. In the 1999 parliamentary election, Renu Kushwaha of Janata Dal (United) defeated Nayana Rana, wife of Rashtriya Janata Dal veteran RK Rana, by 31,822 votes from Khagaria constituency.

Although Renu lost to RK Rana of RJD in 2004 elections. Earlier in February 2005, Renu defeated RJD strongman and then minister of the state Ravindra Charan Yadav on a JDU ticket from Udkishunganj assembly constituency in Madhepura. Again, Renu Kushwaha won in November 2005 by-election. In 2009, she became the Minister of Agriculture in the Government of Bihar. After this, in 2010, after the delimitation of the new assembly, she contested from Bihariganj. This time also supported by her fortune, Renu defeated Ranjeet Ranjan, wife of veteran Pappu Yadav. She was then made the Minister of Industry and Disaster. But after her husband Vijay Kumar Singh joined BJP in 2014, she resigned from JDU and joined BJP.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Vijay Kumar Singh contested on BJP's ticket from Madhepura constituency. But he had to taste defeat. In 2019, she resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party, as she was denied Lok Sabha ticket from Khagaria.[14] [15] Her resignation from JDU to join BJP was necessitated by the fact that earlier, she along with four other legislators were suspended by the JDU for anti-party activities.[16] She later joined Lok Janshakti Party and resigned in April 2024[17] .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Husband joins BJP, minister sends resignation letter to Nitish Kumar. Live mint. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204052626/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/3uaSaUT4djUwXIkpOAPkFN/Husband-joins-BJP-minister-sends-resignation-letter-to-Niti.html. 2020-12-04. 4 December 2020.
  2. Web site: LJPR को बड़ा झटका, रेणु कुशवाहा-रवींद्र सिंह सहित कई नेताओं ने छोड़ा चिराग का साथ, पैसा लेकर टिकट बेचने का लगाया आरोप - Renu Kushwaha And Ravindra Singh. etvbharat. 3 April 2024.
  3. Web site: All eyes on 4 seats in Khagaria district . . N P Thakur . 30 October 2020 . 1 November 2020 . 31 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031044308/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/all-eyes-on-4-seats-in-khagaria-district/articleshow/78939785.cms . live .
  4. Web site: Bihar Elections: BJP leaders hitting out at LJP due to pressure from Nitish Kumar, says Chirag Paswan. Financial Express. 2020-12-04. 5 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201105024209/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bihar-elections-bjp-leaders-hitting-out-at-ljp-due-to-pressure-from-nitish-kumar-says-chirag-paswan/2108479/. live.
  5. Web site: 2022-10-14 . Samata Party to move Delhi HC against Thackeray faction's 'flaming torch' . 2022-11-26 . Hindustan Times . en.
  6. Web site: पांच सालों में 169 फीसदी बढ़ी LJP उम्मीदवार रेणु कुमारी की संपत्ति, गाड़ी और गहनों पर खर्च किए 24.5 लाख रुपये. Jansatta. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204042405/https://www.jansatta.com/lifestyle/bihar-election-ljp-khagaria-candidate-renu-kumari-kushwaha-spent-24-and-half-lakhs-on-jewelry-and-cars-owns-this-much-property/1564879/. 2020-12-04. 4 December 2020. translation : Renu Kumari has also been an MLA from JDU. In 1999, she also reached Parliament after winning the Lok Sabha elections from Khagaria on a Samata Party ticket.
  7. Web site: Renu Kumari Singh Lok Sabha Profile . . 1 June 2016 . 4 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201204053010/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=537&lastls=13 . live .
  8. Web site: Partywise Comparison since 1977 Khagaria Parliamentary Constituency . . 1 June 2016 . 10 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510101104/http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S04/partycomp28.htm . live .
  9. Web site: Nomination paper affidavit - Bihariganj . 28 September 2010 . 6 February 2022 . 8 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808233240/https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3138bb0696595b338afbab333c555292a/uploads/2019/01/2019012248.pdf . live .
  10. News: Husband joins BJP, minister Renu Kushwaha sends resignation letter to Nitish Kumar. 16 October 2015. 10 April 2014. The Economic Times. 20 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320074931/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/husband-joins-bjp-minister-renu-kushwaha-sends-resignation-letter-to-nitish-kumar/articleshow/31799612.cms. live.
  11. News: Bihar minister Renu Kushwaha resigns, likely to join BJP. 11 March 2014. 2020-12-04. firstpost. 20 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320074255/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bihar-minister-renu-kushwaha-resigns-may-join-either-ljp-or-bjp-1428597.html. live.
  12. Web site: Bihar Leader's Abducted Son Killed . The New Indian Express . 2014-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201204043325/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2014/apr/19/Bihar-Leaders-Abducted-Son-Killed-602072.html . 2015-09-26. live. 4 December 2020 .
  13. News: Kushwaha's son killed after Abduction. 19 April 2014. 15 October 2015. Bihar Prabha. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204043635/https://news.biharprabha.com/2014/04/ex-bihar-minister-renu-kushwahas-son-killed-after-abduction/. 4 December 2020.
  14. Web site: Lok Sabha elections 2019: Renu Kushwaha's resignation heats up politics. Livehindustan. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204043011/https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/bhagalpur/story-lok-sabha-elections-2019-politics-heat-with-renu-kushwaha-resignation-2478837.html. 2020-12-04. 4 December 2020.
  15. Web site: Member of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204053010/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=537&lastls=13. 2020-12-04. 4 December 2020.
  16. News: Suspended JDU MLA approaches the court. Economic Times. 16 June 2014 . 2020-12-04. 20 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320074926/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/suspended-jdu-mla-renu-kushwaha-approaches-patna-high-court/articleshow/36664685.cms. live.
  17. Web site: LJPR को बड़ा झटका, रेणु कुशवाहा-रवींद्र सिंह सहित कई नेताओं ने छोड़ा चिराग का साथ, पैसा लेकर टिकट बेचने का लगाया आरोप - Renu Kushwaha And Ravindra Singh. etvbharat. 3 April 2024.

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