Renu Kushawaha

Renu Kushawaha, an Indian politician, is a leader of Lok Janshakti Party and a former state minister of Bihar. She hails from Khagaria.[2] She has been associated with several political parties in past, right from Samata Party and Janata Dal (United) to Bharatiya Janata Party.[3]

Renu Kushwaha
Former Member of Parliament
In office
1999–2004
Minister of Agriculture in the Government of Bihar
In office
2009–2010
Minister of Industry and Disaster Government of Bihar
In office
2010–2014
Member of Legislative Assembly from Bihariganj[1]
In office
2010–2014
Personal details
Political partySamata Party
Janata Dal United
Bharatiya Janata Party
Lok Janshakti Party
Spouse(s)Vijay Kumar Singh
ResidenceKhagaria

Biography

Kushawaha was born in Samastipur in 1979.[4][5] 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.[4] She was elected as a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bihariganj constituency in Madhepura district.[6] 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. [7][5] In 2014, her son Vipin Kumar was abducted for a ransom of fifty lakh and was killed some times after the abduction.[8]

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.[9][10] 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.[11] She later joined Lok Janshakti Party.

References
  1. "Husband joins BJP, minister sends resignation letter to Nitish Kumar". Live mint. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "Bihar Elections: BJP leaders hitting out at LJP due to pressure from Nitish Kumar, says Chirag Paswan". Financial Express. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. "पांच सालों में 169 फीसदी बढ़ी LJP उम्मीदवार रेणु कुमारी की संपत्ति, गाड़ी और गहनों पर खर्च किए 24.5 लाख रुपये". Jansatta. Retrieved 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. In 2015, he contested from Samastipur Assembly seat on a BJP ticket where he lost to RJD candidate.
  4. "Renu Kushwaha". myneta.info. 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. "Husband joins BJP, minister Renu Kushwaha sends resignation letter to Nitish Kumar". The Economic Times. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  6. "Bihar minister Renu Kushwaha resigns, likely to join BJP". firstpost. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. "Bihar Leader's Abducted Son Killed". The New Indian Express. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  8. "Kushwaha's son killed after Abduction". Bihar Prabha. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  9. "Lok Sabha elections 2019: Renu Kushwaha's resignation heats up politics". Livehindustan. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  10. "Member of Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. "Suspended JDU MLA approaches the court". Economic Times. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

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