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Upendra Kushwaha will go to Rajya Sabha

Upendra Kushwaha will go to the Rajya Sabha, NDA has declared this. NDA constituent’s ally and Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha will go to Rajya Sabha. For this, he will file a nomination. According to Rashtriya Lok Morcha, Upendra Kushwaha will file a nomination from NDA on August 21 at 11 am as this is the last day for filing nominations.

Upendra Kushwaha will file his nomination in the presence of all the senior leaders of the NDA alliance. It was officially announced by the NDA to send Upendra Kushwaha to the Rajya Sabha. He will contest for one seat, while the BJP candidate will contest the other seat. On behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the possibility of former BJP MP RK Singh is being mentioned. However, the state unit of Bihar BJP has shortlisted the names of the contenders and handed them over to the central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party. There is a possibility that the Bharatiya Janata Party may announce the name of its candidate shortly.

Who is Upendra Kushwaha

Upendra Kushwaha was born on February 6, 1960, in Jandaha village in the Vaishali district of Bihar, India. He belongs to the Koeri caste, which is part of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in India. His full name is Upendra Singh Kushwaha. Furthermore, Kushwaha holds a degree from Patna University. He is married to Snehlata Kushwaha, and they have children together. Moreover, he has had a long political career. Kushwaha has been politically active since the 1990s and continues to play a significant role in Bihar’s politics.

Upendra Kushwaha is an Indian politician known for his work in Bihar politics. He has been associated with several political parties throughout his career, including the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), which he founded in 2013. Kushwaha has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha and has held ministerial positions in the Indian government. He served in the position of Minister of State for Human Resource Development in the Indian government.

He has also been a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and has had ties with the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U). In 2021, he merged his RLSP with JD(U) and became an influential leader within the party.

Kushwaha is known for advocating issues related to education, social justice, and the development of backward classes, especially in the state of Bihar.

Upendra Kushwaha party?

Upendra Kushwaha currently leads a political party called the Rashtriya Lok Manch. He formed this party after leaving the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) and renaming his earlier party, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal.

Upendra Kushwaha was an NDA candidate from the Karakat seat

Upendra Kushwaha was the NDA candidate from the Karakat seat in the Lok Sabha elections, from where Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh and Left party’s Rajaram Singh contested against him.

Although Bhojpuri cine star Pawan Singh lost that seat. At the same time, Upendra was also not allowed to win. The opposition claimed that the BJP orchestrated the entire game. Now it is being said that sending Kushwaha to Rajya Sabha on behalf of NDA means that efforts are being made to woo him before the assembly elections to be held in Bihar.

By-elections will be held for two seats.

Two Rajya Sabha seats had become vacant after Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Misa Bharti and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Vivek Thakur won the Lok Sabha elections. Now by-elections are to be held on the same two seats. Vivek Thakur was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2020 with a tenure till 2026. While Misa Bharti became a Rajya Sabha member in June 2022. Her tenure was supposed to end in 2028.

August 19, 2024
Bihar Chief Minister took an Oath

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took an oath once again for the record of the ninth time. This time Nitish Kumar allied with NDA. Earlier he was uniting the opposition to defeat NDA. This morning he resigned from the chief minister post and broke up Alliance with RJD.

The swearing-in ceremony was held in Raj Bhawan, Bihar at 5 PM today on the 28th of January 2024. The Governor of Bihar administers the oath to the Bihar Chief Minister and Cabinet Ministers. A total of 8 cabinet ministers took an oath. Out of them, 3 are from BJP, 3 from JDU, one from HAM and one Independent.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister

BJP State President Samarat Chowdary and Vijay Sinha took an oath along with the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Both will be Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar.

As the state president Samarat Chowdary used to criticise Nitish Kumar on several occasions. Moreover, Vijay Sinha as opposition leader in the Vidhan Sabha, was against Nitish Kumar and had certain hot conversations with him in the house. Now both will be working along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Vijay Chowdary and others took an oath

Vijay Chowdary who has been finance minister also took an oath along with Nitish Kumar. Vijay Chowdary is from JDU and one of the closest to Nitish Kumar. JDU leaders Brijendra Prasad Yadav and Sharvan Kumar also took an oath as cabinet ministers.

Apart from this, BJP leader Prem Kumar took an oath as a cabinet minister.

Moreover, Santosh Kumar Suman the son of Jitenram Manjhi (president of the HAM party) took the oath. HAM has four MLAs in Bihar Vidhan Sabha.

At last Sumit Kumar Singh, an Independent MLA has taken the oath. He is very close to Nitish Kumar and had been a minister in the previous cabinet.

January 28, 2024
Nitish Kumar Resigned as Chief Minister to become the next Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Bihar today at around 11:30 AM. The Governor accepted the resignation and deputed him as the Acting CM. This is been confirmed in a post by Raj Bhawan Bihar on X.

After coming out of Raj Bhawan Nitesh Kumar declared this in front of the media about his resignation to Governor Rajendra Arlekar. Moreover, Nitish Kumar said he asked the governor that he is out of the Mahaghatbandan. The Governor can take the required action. Furthermore, he said that nothing was going right here as well in the Indi alliance despite his hard efforts to build this alliance. Party members and leaders of JDU have also shown their issues from time to time.

Nitish Kumar said about the next plan

Nitish Kumar also gave a hint to the media professionals by saying to come on the next development. Moreover, now the old partners i.e. NDA leaders and JDU will decide about the coming plan.

It seems to be clear that Nitish Kumar resigned as chief minister to become the next chief minister with the support of NDA.

Seat status in Bihar

The magic figure of 122 is required for any alliance to form a government in Bihar. BJP has 78 MLAs in Bihar Assembly which has 243 MLAs. Whereas four MLAs of Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party ‘Hum’ are also with him. In such a situation, the total strength of NDA is 82. JDU of Nitish Kumar has 45 MLAs. In such a situation, if they become a part of the NDA alliance, this number reaches 127. Which is 5 more than the figure of 122 required for the majority. That means there is no need to make many arrangements.

Talking about RJD, the party has a total of 79 MLAs in the assembly. Whereas from India Bloc, together with Congress and Left parties, this number reaches 114. Meaning 8 away from the majority mark. Congress has 19 seats and the Left has 16 seats. Hence they have to put efforts into forming the government.

January 28, 2024

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