Ajit_Kushwaha

Ajit Kushwaha

Ajit Kushwaha

Indian politician


Ajit Kumar Singh[1] also known as Ajit Kumar Kushwaha[2][3] is an Indian politician and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Dumraon Assembly constituency. Singh has been elected to assembly as a candidate of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.[4] He defeated Anjum Ara of Janata Dal (United) (JDU), as a candidate of Mahagathbandhan (Bihar) in the 2020 Bihar assembly elections. Singh won the tripolar contest, in which apart from JDU's Anjum Ara, former Member of Legislative Assembly from Dumraon, Dadan Pahalwan was also a participant.[5][6]

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Political career

He was one of the youngest candidates contesting the assembly elections in 2020. Singh was a former president for the state of Bihar, of the Revolutionary Youth Association and a former secretary for the state of Bihar of All India Students Association. He completed his doctoral studies in the "history of farmer's agitation" from the Veer Kunwar Singh University and started taking part in political activism, before being elected as a member of the legislative assembly in 2020.[7]

He secured 71,320 votes and defeated the second runner-up Anjum Ara (46,905 votes) in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.[8]

See also


References

  1. "Ajit Kumar Singh". national election watch. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. "In Bihar's Dumraon, a young royal tries his luck as an independent". economic times. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. "Bihar election 2020: Fiery contest in Dumraon as JD(U) ditches incumbent heavyweight MLA". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  4. "Making And Unmaking Of Cadre Based Party: CPI (ML) In Bihar". outlook india. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. "Left parties field several youngsters in Bihar polls". National Herald. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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