Abhay Kushwaha alias Abhay Kumar Sinha is a former

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for

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in the Gaya district of

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. He is a member of

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; he won the 2015 Legislative Assembly election to the Tekari constituency by defeating

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Hindustani Awam Morcha Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (translation: ''Indian People's Front''; abbreviated as HAM-S) is an Indian political party having presence in Bihar. HAM(S) got new symbol wok in Bihar Assembly Election 2020. Formation It was launched forma ...

, a political party headed by erstwhile member of

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. In the 2015 election he defeated Anil Kumar, who joined Hindustani Awami Morcha leaving his former party

by a huge margin of votes. While Abhay secured 86975 votes, Anil managed to get 55162 votes only.

Life and political career

Born to Ramvriksha Prasad on 5 June 1972, Abhay is also active in the business. He owns Ply and Bricks plant. He is married to Kumari Anjali Bharti, and is a father of two children. Abhay entered into mainstream politics in 2000. Prior to his entry in state level politics, he had been a ''

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a'' of Kujapi village in

Gaya district } Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district head ...

of Bihar. He had also occupied several other important posts in the

including the post of district president of JD (U) for Gaya and secretary of the organisation for the Gaya district. He finally beat Anil Kumar to become the Member of Legislative Assembly from the Tekari seat in 2015. In 2018 the leadership of JD (U) appointed him as the Bihar state president of the youth wing of the party. He replaced Santosh Kushwaha on this post. In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election

made Abhay the candidate from Belaganj Assembly instead of his constituency Tekari. In 2020 Bihar assembly elections riding upon the wave of anti-incumbency due to growing discontent against JD (U), Surendra Prasad Yadav of

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defeated Abhay.

Controversies

Prior to the Bihar Assembly Elections 2015, Kushwaha was caught on camera while dancing with a bar girl on an obscene song. In the video he was seen shaking himself and showering notes on the bar dancer, being fully drunk. The opposition and media highlighted the issue to counter his candidacy for the Tekari seat he was going to contest. In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election, Abhay was among the politicians with most number of criminal cases against them. According to a report of ''

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'' he had a total of 14 criminal cases against him which included looting and creating hindrance in government contract works.

References

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Watch: JD(U) candidate for Bihar polls courts controversy, pole-dances with girl on stage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kushwaha, Abhay Janata Dal (United) politicians Living people Criminals from Bihar 1972 births Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 People from Gaya district