Prabhunath Singh is a politician from Bihar,India and was a member of the 12th,13th and 14th Lok Sabha. Singh represented the Masrakh assembly constituency from 1985 to 1995,and the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar from 1998 to 2009. In 2013,he won the bypoll and remained as MP until 2014. Singh is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Rajauli is a tehsil,block and subdivision (sub–district) in Nawada district of Magadh division of the Indian state of Bihar. The tehsil of Rajauli is located at a distance of about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Nawada city on National Highway 20 and is situated on the bank of Dhanarjay river. Rajauli,a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved Assembly Constituency (AC) seat,had a total of 302900 electors during the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Rajauli subdivision consists of 95 panchayats and 688 revenue villages while Rajauli block consists of 17 panchayats and 169 revenue villages.
Bahadurganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Baidyanath Prasad Mahto was an Indian Politician and a Member of Indian Parliament to the 15th and 17th Lok Sabha. He won the 2009 and 2019 Indian general election from Valmiki Nagar constituency being a Janata Dal (United) candidate. He was earlier elected three times to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Nautan. He was also Minister of Rural Development Department From 2005 to 2008 in Bihar Government.
Tarapur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Jamui. This assembly constituency contains Tarapur Block. The region is dominated by Kushwahas. In the elections of Mukhiya and the President (Pramukh) of the Block,the probability of the victory of candidates belonging to this caste group remains high. In 2022,the polls were conducted for the membership of Zila Parishad and Mukhiya,and out of ten posts of Mukhia,five were won by the candidate belonging to Kushwaha community. The two posts of member of Zila Parishad also went to candidates from the same community.
Santosh Kumar alias Santosh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament representing the Purnia constituency in Bihar. He was first elected in the 2014 Indian general election,having run as the Janata Dal (United) candidate in the constituency. In 2010 he was also elected as Member of Legislative assembly of the Baisi of Purnea district as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. One month before 2014 lok sabha election he joined JD(U) as he was nominated as the party candidate for Lok Sabha election for Purnea constituency.
Ritlal Yadav or Ritlal Ray is a leader of RJD who won the Bihar Legislative Council election in July 2015 as an independent candidate. Ritlal was in jail in connection with multiple criminal cases,including murder charges. Ritlal is accused in over 33 cases. He was a former Member of Legislative Council (MLC),the post,to which he was elected in 2016. He was incarcerated in Beur Jail until August 2020. However he was then released from the jail on bail. Ritlal Yadav defeated BJP's Asha Devi Sinha in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.
Satyadev Kushwaha is an Indian politician who is a leader of Janata Dal (United) party and a former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the assembly from Kurtha in Arwal district. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections he defeated Ashok Kumar Verma of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party.
The criminal Ashok Mahto gang,which was active in the Indian state Bihar,was led by Ashok Mahto and included Pintu Mahto. Ashok Mahto and his gang were responsible for the 2005 killing of Rajo Singh,a sitting Member of Parliament. Ashok Mahto was imprisoned but escaped from Nawada jail in 2002. Pintu Mahto killed three police officers during the prison breakout. The gang's leaders are said to belong to either the Kurmi or Koeri caste,and were supported by the backward castes in the Nawada and Sheikhpura regions. The Mahto gang was waging a war of retribution against the exploitative upper-caste Bhumihars. Mahto and his gang were responsible for the killings of a large number of Forward Caste people in the late 1990s.
Abhay Kushwaha alias is an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal,and a Member of Parliament representing Aurangabad in Bihar,India and former Member of Legislative Assembly for Tikari in the Gaya district of Bihar. An erstwhile member of Janata Dal (United);he won the 2015 Legislative Assembly election to the Tekari constituency by defeating Anil Kumar of Hindustani Awam Morcha,a political party led by former Bihar Chief Minister,Jitan Ram Manjhi. He defeated Anil Kumar by a huge margin of votes. While Abhay secured 86,975 votes,Anil managed to get 55,162 votes only. In 2024 Indian general election,he won the Aurangabad,Bihar Lok Sabha constituency by defeating BJP's four term member of parliament,Sushil Kumar Singh. He contested on the symbol of Rashtriya Janata Dal in this election.
Shahnawaz Alam is an Indian politician. He was the Cabinet Minister in Bihar government with Disaster Management portfolio till feb 2024. He is an MLA representing Jokihat assembly constituency of Bihar Legislative Assembly since May 2018.
Raju Kumar Singh is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Singh won the Sahebganj Assembly constituency on the VIP ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He recently defected from Vikassheel Insaan Party with the other two MLAs of the VIP and joined BJP. Raju Singh started his career in politics with Lok Jansakti Party.
Rajeev Kumar Singh is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Tarapur constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly in India. He is a member of Janata Dal (United). He has been elected as the MLA on 2 November 2021. Singh got the ticket from Janata Dal (United) amidst the confusion over allocation of Tarapur constituency to Rohit Chaudhary,the younger brother of leader of opposition in Bihar Legislative Council,Samrat Chaudhary. The Tarapur constituency was the stronghold of Shakuni Choudhury,who had influence over Kushwaha voters,who are dominant in this assembly constituency. However,Rajiv Kumar Singh,himself a Kushwaha,was able to defeat his nearest rival in the bypolls of 2021.
Aruna Devi is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party,Bihar who is currently Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Warisaliganj of Nawada district. She was elected as the Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2000 as an Independent. She emerged victorious for the second time in February 2005 as Lok Janshakti Party candidate. She later joined Indian National Congress and contested as Congress candidate in October 2005 &2010 but lost to Pradeep Mahto of Janata Dal (United). She later jumped ships to the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015 and emerged victorious in 2015 as well as 2020.Her son Abhishek Singh is also taking interest in politics.<ref>"Warsaliganj Election and Results 2020,Candidate list,Winner,Runner-up,Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.</reference>
Mohammad Nehaluddin is a Rashtriya Janta Dal senior leader and Bihar Legislative Assembly Member from Rafiganj Assembly Constituency. He won in 2020 Bihar Assembly Election on RJD ticket. He is a three-term MLA from the Rafiganj constituency. He defeated Independent candidate by 11 thousand votes and two term incumbent JD(U) MLA Asok Kumar Singh came a distant third.
Ram Balak Singh also known as Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Bibhutipur Assembly Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly. He is a member of Janata Dal (United) (JDU). He is a two term MLA from the Bibhutipur Assembly Constituency,which is a part of Ujiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency. In 2010 and 2015 assembly elections to Bihar Legislative Assembly,he won as a candidate of Janata Dal (United). In 2015 assembly elections,he defeated Ram Dev Varma of Communist Party of India (Marxist). However,in 2020 assembly elections,he lost to Ajay Kumar of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has also served on the key position of the ruling party JDU,which includes the General Secretary of Bihar wing of Janata Dal (United).
Ramsewak Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Bihar Legislative Assembly for four consecutive terms. Singh,who represented the Hathua Assembly constituency,became a minister for the first time in the Nitish government in 2019. Prior to this,he had held the post of Chief Whip of the ruling JD(U) for two terms. He is a resident of Asnand Tola village of Uchkagaon block. Before becoming an MLA,he was also the head of Balesra Panchayat. After winning the election of Mukhiya,he became an MLA for the first time from Hathua Assembly under the symbol of Nitish Kumar's JD(U). This was followed by his four consecutive electoral victories for the membership of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Ramdeo Mahto was an Indian politician,who served as Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in undivided Bihar. Mahto was elected as a candidate of Bhartiya Jana Sangh to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969 Assembly elections from Patna East Assembly constituency. He was also elected for his second term in Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1977 Bihar Assembly elections,this time,as a candidate of Janata Party. Mahto was considered one of the pillars of Bhartiya Jana Sangh in 1960s and he went on to become a minister from Jana Sangh quota in Mahamaya Prasad Sinha's government in 1967.
Pawan Kumar Yadav is an Indian politician who has served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 2020. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,he represents the Kahalgaon constituency.
Sanjeev Kumar is an Indian politician and a member of Legislative Assembly,Bihar of India. He represents the 151-Parbatta Khagaria constituency in Khagaria district of Bihar. He is a member of the Janata Dal (United).
