Satyadev Kushwaha

Satyadev Singh entered into politics in 1974 and had been associated with several political parties like Lok Dal, Janata Party, Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) at different times. In 1984 he was involved in protecting Sikhs residing in Bokaro steel city from the anti-Sikh riots that was followed up after the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Satyadev helped to protect life of thousands of Sikh people for which he was later awarded by Sikh society at the Model Town Gurudwara in 1986 at Delhi. He was arrested and tortured by the incumbent government for this. In 1998 he contested the Lok Sabha election on the ticket of Janata Dal from Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency but was defeated. He later contested the election to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2010 and won, assuming office from 2010 to 2015. He again successfully contested the Bihar Assembly Elections in 2015 from Kurtha constituency. In the 2015 Assembly Election to Kurtha he received 43,676 votes and defeated his opponent by a large margin.^[4] In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election Janata Dal (United) once again made him its candidate from Kurtha while many other sitting MLAs were ousted from the party.^[7][8]

In this election Satyadev was defeated by Bagi Kumar Verma of Rashtriya Janata Dal with a high victory margin.^[9]

• बिहार चुनाव: JDU एमएलए सत्यदेव कुशवाहा घूस लेते कैमरे में कैद, वीडियो VIRAL
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• जनसंपर्क के दौरान युवक ने सुनाई खरी खोटी तो उल्टे पैर समर्थकों के साथ भागे जदयू विधायक
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