Wikipedia

Babu Singh Kushwaha

Babu Singh Kushwaha(born 7 May 1966) is an Indian politician fromUttar Pradesh,serving as chief of the Jan Adhikar Party and former Family Welfare Minister in theUttar Pradesh governmentunderMayawati.He was also one ofBehenji’strusted backroom boys, who besides working at the grassroots looked after the party’s administrative affairs.[1]Kushwaha was at the center of controversy in theNRHM scam.[2]In the 2024 Indian general election, he won from theJaunpur Lok Sabha constituencyon the symbol ofSamajwadi Party,becoming a member ofLok Sabhafor the first time.[3]

Babu Singh Kushwaha
Deputy Leader,Samajwadi PartyinLok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 July 2024
LeaderAkhilesh Yadav
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byShyam Singh Yadav
ConstituencyJaunpur
Cabinet Minister
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
13 May 2007 – 8 April 2011
Chief MinisterMayawati
Ministry & Department's
  • Family Welfare.
  • Panchayati Raj.
  • Mining.
  • Geology.
  • Cooperative.
In office
11 October 2002 – 28 May 2003
Chief MinisterMayawati
Ministry & Department's
  • Mining.
  • Geology.
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
6 May 2000 – 5 May 2012
Constituencyelected by MLA'S
Personal details
Born(1966-05-07)7 May 1966(age 58)
Pakhrauli,Uttar Pradesh,India
Political partyJan Adhikar Party (2016-Present)
Other political
affiliations		Bahujan Samaj Party

(1984-2011)

I.N.D.I.A.

(2024-Present)
SpouseShivkanya Kushwaha
Children4
ProfessionPolitician
Websitehttps:// janadhikarparty.org/

Background

edit

Kushwaha belonged to a farming family in Pakhrauli village ofBanda district,and graduated in 1985. After this, he started his life by putting a dump inAtarra.In April 1988, he came in contact withBSPfounderKanshi Ram.Kanshi Ram called him to Delhi.[4]

Within six months, he was promoted and sent to do organization work in the Lucknow office. He became the District President of Banda in 1993. In 2003, he was made theMinister of Panchayati Rajin the BSP government.[4]

In 2007, when BSP came to power with an absolute majority, Kushwaha was appointed to important departments like minerals, appointments, and cooperatives. When the Department of Family Welfare was formed, this department was also handed over to him.[4]He was among one of the three pillars of the Bahujan Samaj Party when Mayawati was at the peak of her political career along withSwami Prasad MauryaandNasimuddin Siddiqui.[5]

Political journey

edit

Kushwaha had been a member ofBahujan Samaj Partyfor 27 years. He was for years perceived as the closest to Mayawati. He was a member of theUttar Pradesh Legislative Counciland was also appointed as a cabinet minister twice.[6]Kushwaha was the second most powerful person in theBahujan Samaj Party.[7]After the successive murders of two medical officers in Lucknow he blew the lid off the giantNational Rural Health Mission scam.He had held the portfolio of the Family Welfare, Mining, Panchayati Raj and several other departments before resigning.[8]

Kushwaha joined theBJPin the presence of senior leadersVinay KatiyarandSurya Pratap Shahi,but his induction resulted in voices of dissent in the party, after which he wrote a letter to BJP national presidentNitin Gadkarirequesting him to suspend his membership until proven innocent. Kushwaha formed the political party Jan Adhikar Party in 2016.[8]

His wife Shivkanya Kushwaha contested for Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency from the Samajwadi Party (SP) in 2014 and received 27.82% of votes.[9]

Jan Adhikar Party

edit

Babu Singh Kushwaha founded the Jan Adhikar party on 9 December 2016, with the ideology to provide equal rights to all sections of society according to their population. The party aims to empower all the deprived, exploited, laborers, farmers, poor, and women and to provide them with their rights. The main objective of the party is to release the caste census report and to give a share in all the resources of the country to all the sections in proportion to the population.[10]

His Jan Adhikar Party was a part of the coalitionBhagidari Parivartan Morchain the2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.The party did not manage to win any seats in the elections ofUttar Pradesh.[11][12]

2024 General elections

edit

Kushwaha won the 2024 general election from Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency onSamajwadiParty Symbol.[13]His Jan Adhikar Party is a part of theINDIA Alliance.[14][15]

After his victory, it was reported that despite being supported by muscleman politicianDhananjay Singh,Bharatiya Janata Party candidateKripa Shankar Singhwas unable to take an edge over Kushwaha. He was defeated by over 99,000 votes. Sitting member of parliament and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shyam Singh Yadav finished in third position.[16]

Soon after his election to Lok Sabha, he was made the deputy leader of Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha byAkhilesh Yadav.[17]

References

edit
  1. ^"This Way To New Delhi?".Archived fromthe originalon 23 April 2012.Retrieved14 November2018.
  2. ^"I'm being trapped into NRHM scam: Kushwaha".30 January 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 29 September 2021.Retrieved29 September2021.
  3. ^"जौनपुर लोकसभा सीट पर बाबू सिंह कुशवाहा जीते:भाजपा के कृपाशंकर सिंह को 99335 वोट से हराया, कहा- विकास के लिए काम करूंगा".Bhaskar.Archivedfrom the original on 5 June 2024.Retrieved5 June2024.
  4. ^abc"From Kanshiram's ward to Mayawati's right hand to a man without a party".Indian express.30 November 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 5 June 2024.Retrieved5 June2024.
  5. ^Pratip Chattopadhyay; Yatindra Singh Sisodia, eds. (23 November 2022).Political Communication in Contemporary India: Locating Democracy and Governance.India: Taylor & Francis. p. 55.ISBN9781000801392.Archivedfrom the original on 5 April 2023.Retrieved5 June2024.
  6. ^"I'm being trapped into NRHM scam: Kushwaha-India News".Firstpost.30 January 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 29 September 2021.Retrieved29 September2021.
  7. ^"Mayawati May Bring Back Scam-Tainted Ex-BSP Strongman Babu Singh Kushwaha Before 2019".News18.3 April 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 4 July 2020.Retrieved29 September2021.
  8. ^ab"BSP bid to take NRHM tainted Kushwaha back in".The Times of India.22 May 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 19 January 2022.Retrieved29 September2021.
  9. ^"Induction of Kushwaha kin in SP may affect probe against him: Lokayukta".Indian express.16 July 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 30 April 2024.Retrieved9 May2024.
  10. ^"Manifesto of Jan Adhikar Party".Archivedfrom the original on 22 March 2024.Retrieved5 June2024.
  11. ^"नोटा के वोट प्रतिशत का आंकड़ा तोड़ नही पाए छोटे दल".Amar Ujala(in Hindi).Archivedfrom the original on 14 September 2022.Retrieved20 April2022.
  12. ^"2022 Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election trends".results.eci.gov.in.Archivedfrom the original on 10 March 2022.Retrieved20 April2022.
  13. ^"Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: Babu Singh Kushwaha Wins by a Margin of 99335 Votes".India Today.4 June 2024.Retrieved7 June2024.
  14. ^"Babu Singh Kushwaha to contest from Jaunpur".Archivedfrom the original on 30 April 2024.Retrieved9 May2024.
  15. ^"Jaunpur Election Result 2024 Live Updates: SP's Babu Singh Kushwaha Has Won This Lok Sabha Seat".The quint.Archivedfrom the original on 5 June 2024.Retrieved5 June2024.
  16. ^"Jaunpur Results 2024: जौनपुर लोकसभा सीट पर धनंजय सिंह का साथ भी नहीं आया काम, भाजपा के कृपाशंकर सिंह हारे, सपा के बाबू जीते".Hindustan.Archivedfrom the original on 5 June 2024.Retrieved5 June2024.
  17. ^"Babu Singh Kushwaha made the deputy leader of Samajwadi Party".Retrieved10 September2024.

Further reading

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Babu_Singh_Kushwaha&oldid=1245026943"