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.
