Devi Das Nahar is a
valmiki
Valmiki (; Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, ) is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. The epic ''Ramayana'', dated variously from the 5th century BCE to first century BCE, is attributed to him, based on the attributio ...
activist and politician from
Amritsar district
Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district.
As of 2011, it is the second most populous dist ...
,
Punjab, India
Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and ...
. He is president of Valmiki Dharam Yudh Morcha.
Political career
Nahar is president of Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar), a splinter group of the
Bahujan Samaj Party active in
Amritsar area of Punjab.
In the 2002 legislative assembly elections in Punjab, BSP(A) put up 23 candidates, who together received 20,260 votes. The BSP(A) reunited with the BSP on 31 December 2003. In 2004, after the elections of Lok Sabha, Sh. Devi Dass Nahar along with Jia Lal Nahar, Pritam Chand and Balwant Singh Sultanpur was expelled from
Bahujan Samaj Party and refloated his BSP(A) due to differences with
Narendra Kumar Kashyap national general secretary of party and state president
Avtar Singh Karimpuri
Avtar Singh Karimpuri, is an Indian politician of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from Punjab. He is President of Bahujan Samaj Party Punjab Unit and is ex-Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper ...
. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, BSP(A) announced its support to the
SAD-BJP candidates after
Sukhbir Singh Badal met with Devi Dass Nahar.
See also
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Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal
Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Asthan is temple panorama complex and an important historical monument of Valmikis located at Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath road of Amritsar city. Since 1 December 2016, it has an 8-foot-tall 800-kg gold-plated idol of Sage Valm ...
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Bahujan Samaj Party
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian activists
People from Amritsar district
Activists from Punjab, India
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