Pramod Kumar Sinha (also known as Pramod Kumar Sinha Kushwaha) is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

. Sinha won the Raxaul Constituency on the BJP ticket in the

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

Political career

Sinha was a member of

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

and prior to Bihar Assembly elections of 2020, he joined

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. Sinha was serving as

District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

level president of Janata Dal United before joining Bhartiya Janata Party. After assuming the membership of the BJP, he was made a candidate for 2020 assembly elections from

Raxaul Assembly constituency Raxaul Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Current Member Of legislative Assembly is Pramod Kumar Sinha. Overview As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Asse ...

, keeping aside sitting Member of Legislative Assembly, Ajay Singh. In response to candidature of Sinha, protests were organised by the supporters of Ajay Singh; the supporters of Singh contested the decision of BJP leadership on the question of rejecting his candidature in favour of Sinha.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Pramod Kumar Living people Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar 1960 births