Bharat Singh Kushwah, (born 4 September 1970) alternatively spelt as Bharat Singh Kushwaha, is an Indian politician from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

, who was elected to

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from

Gwalior Rural Assembly constituency Gwalior Rural Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the legislative assem ...

in 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. Kushwah is a member of

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and has served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Horticulture and Food Processing (Independent Charge) of Madhya Pradesh. He is a two term MLA from Gwalior Rural Assembly constituency.

Life and career

Kushwah was pitted against

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candidate, Madan Kushwah in the

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. It is believed that the election was a direct political battle between the BJP and the INC. One of t ...

. He was able to defeat him and retained the constituency for the second time. The electoral contest of 2018 became triangular as

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

had made Sahab Singh Gurjar as their candidate.

References

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