Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha
Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1995–2000
ConstituencyObra Assembly constituency
In office
2000–2005
ConstituencyObra Assembly constituency
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation

Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician based in Bihar, who was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly twice, from Obra Assembly constituency in Aurangabad district. He was a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation. He was first elected in 1995 and retained this constituency in 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections.[1]

Life

Raja Ram Singh was born to Deelip Singh in Aurangabad district of Bihar. Singh was a social worker before joining politics and his spouse is a principle of Primary School Railways.[2] He joined CPI-ML party and contested his first state legislative assembly elections in 1995 on its symbol. He managed to win that election and repeated his electoral victory in 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. He again contested from this constituency in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. In this election, he finished in third position with 22,801 votes. Birendra Kumar Sinha of Rashtriya Janata Dal, who won this election from the Obra constituency and Chandra Bhushan Verma of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party were the winners and first runner-up.[3] He also contested elections to Lok Sabha in 2009, 2014 and 2019, but in all these elections, his performance remained poor.[4]

In 2012, he was also imprisoned in connection with demonstration organised by him and his party members against the murder of Mukhiya of Sonhathu Panchayat of Haspura block, Devendra Kumar. They were arrested while organising demonstration to demand Central Bureau of Investigation enquiry into the case.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Obra Assembly constituency". Hindustan. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Member profile". Myneta. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "ओबरा विधानसभा सीट: समाजवादियों के गढ़ पर BJP की नजर, क्या RJD फिर करेगी वापसी?". Aajtak. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "दो पूर्व विधायकों की लोकसभा चुनाव में जब्त हुई जमानत". Bhaskar. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "बेकार नहीं जाएगी बदन पर पड़ी लाठी'". Dainik Jagran. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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