Umesh Kushwaha

Umesh Kushwaha is a Former Member of Legislative Assembly in Bihar for Mahnar constituency. He is a member of Janata Dal (United). Kushwaha is the son of Vasudev Singh and hails from Kajri Bujurg village in the Vaishali district of Bihar. He studied at Acharya Narendra Dev College Shahpur Patori, Lalit Narayan Mithila University. Besides being a politician he is also active in business and is a shareholder is Lord Budhha food product private ltd.[1][2][3] He is the current Bihar state President of Janata Dal (United).[4]

Umesh Singh Kushwaha
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2015–2020
Preceded byDr. Achyutanand
ConstituencyMahnar
Bihar state President of Janata Dal (United).
Assumed office
10 January 2021
Preceded byBashistha Narain Singh
Personal details
BornVaishali, Bihar, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Spouse(s)Renuka Kumari[1]
ParentsVasudev Singh
ResidenceKajri Bujurg village

Political career

Umesh Kushwaha represents the Mahnar constituency of the Bihar which came into existence once again after the delimitation exercise of 2008. In 1957, Banarasi Devi a candidate from Indian National Congress represented this constituency but after its revival in 2008 the seat has been a stronghold of National Democratic Alliance. In 2010 Legislative Assembly Elections when Janata Dal (United) was a member of National Democratic Alliance, Dr. Achyutanand of Bharatiya Janata Party contested and won the seat but he was defeated by Kushwaha in the 2015 Elections with a large difference of 27,000 votes. Kushwaha was then a candidate of Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) which included Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United). Later the Grand Alliance was broken due to differences between the two major political parties.[5] In 2020 Assembly Election to Bihar Legislative Assembly JD(U) again made its candidate from the Mahnar seat.[6]

Umesh lost the 2020 Assembly elections to Veena Devi, the wife of RJD strongman Rama Kishor Singh. The anti-incumbency situation in the state against ruling JD (U) and the step taken by Chirag Paswan to weaken JD (U) by placing its candidates against it and not against BJP resulted in defeat of a large number of sitting MLAs of JD (U).[7]

In January 2021, Kushwaha was appointed to the post of Bihar state president of Janata Dal (United) following the resignation of Bashishtha Narayan Singh on health grounds. The party's step was speculated to be a result of move to revive its decaying old social coalition which needed a loud reaction after the poor performance of JD(U) in Bihar Assembly election 2020.[8]

Controversies

Kushwaha has been involved in many controversies and has faced public criticism many a times. In one of such incident while he was to lay the foundation of a road construction project in the Baghchauna-Lavapur, a village falling within his constituency he was hooted by the locals to the extent that he had to postpone his plan quickly.[9] In 2018, the Block head of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party for Jandaha, Manish Sahani was gunned down by unidentified gunners. In the FIR the case was lodged against nine persons in which Kushwaha was made the prime accused.[10][11][12] In 2019 the a car registered under the name of Kushwaha allegedly thrashed two bikers in which both died. While the JD (U) leader claimed that it was not owned by him the incident followed widespread protest by the kins of the victims near JD (U) office at Patna.[13]

References
  1. "Umesh Kushwaha biography" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  2. "Umesh Singh Kushwaha". Myneta.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  3. "Umesh Kushwaha" (PDF). Vaishali district, Government of Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  4. "Umesh Kushwaha becomes Bihar JD(U) chief succeeds Vashishtha Narayan Singh". UniIndia. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. तिवारी, अजीत. "महनार विधानसभा सीट: इस सीट पर NDA की मजबूत पकड़, RJD के लिए कठिन होगा सफर". Aaj Tak. Retrieved 2020-10-13. Transl:The 2015 mandate was won by JDU's Umesh Singh Kushwaha from the Mehanar seat in the 2015 assembly elections. He defeated Achuthanand of BJP by a margin of over 27 thousand votes. Umesh Singh Kushwaha received 69825 votes in this election, while only 43370 votes were cast in Achuthanand's court.
  6. "Bihar Election 2020: Full list of JDU candidates". freepressjournal. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  7. "Mahnar election result 2020". News18. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. "Umesh Kushwaha is new Bihar JD(U) president". Economic Times. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. "वैशाली: सड़क का उद्घाटन करने गए JDU विधायक उमेश कुशवाहा को जनता ने खदेड़ा". Netizen News. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  10. "FIR against JDU MLA, 9 others in RLSP leader murder case". India Today. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  11. "Bihar block chief murder: JD(U) MLA among 10 named in FIR". Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  12. "JD(U) MLA among 10 named in FIR in Bihar block chief's murder". The Tribune. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  13. "पटना में JDU कार्यालय के सामने महनार विधायक के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन, लगा रहे इंसाफ की गुहार". Zee News. Retrieved 2020-10-13. Transl: People have demonstrated against Mahanar MLA Umesh Kushwaha under Vaishali district of Bihar. People of Mahanar, who are pleading for justice, are protesting against the MLA in front of JDU office in Patna. Due to this, the roads of Patna have become jammed. In fact, JDU MLA Umesh Kushwaha from Mahanar Assembly has accused the public there that an accident of two people has happened in his car. Who has died. Now their families are stumbling rate by rate. And they are not getting justice
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