Dr Rajan Sushant is an Indian politician and a member of

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

. In the 2009 election he was elected to the

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from the Kangra constituency in

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on BJP ticket. He is a former member of

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Political career

Sushant is generally referred to as an honest firebrand politician due to the open criticism of his own party and government at various events in time. He was suspended from

Bharatiya 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 ...

(BJP) in April 2011 on anti-party activities after he had raised serious corruption charges within the party. He left BJP few months before 2014.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Sushant emerged from the Emergency period churning after being in jail for months during his student days opposing emergency. He was elected as the youngest member of the H.P legislative assembly in 1982. He is a five-time member of the assembly and was Minister in BJP government from 1998 to 2003. He has led many agitations and movements, prominent being Shah Nahar, Daily Wagers and Nurpur College. He has been jailed by the various governments for years consequent to various public agitations and protests. Many land reforms were also introduced during his tenure as Revenue Minister, major being translation of rules from Urdu to Hindi and English, issuing Kisan Pass Books and digitization of land records, etc.

Member of Parliament

In the 2009 election he was elected to the

from the Kangra constituency in

on BJP ticket.

Aam Aadmi Party

He had joined Anna Andolan and later joined AAP from where he contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election only to secure the third position in the Kangra-Chamba constituency. He then became active in a social organization. In 2016 he quit AAP and founded a new party named Himachal Party Himachal Regional Alliance. Since 2022, he is a member of

. He is AAP candidate from

Fatehpur, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency Fatehpur is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2022 2021 by-election A by-election was needed for t ...

for the

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. His name was released in the first list of 4 candidates on 20 September 2022.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
India MPs 2009–2014 Living people 1955 births Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh Aam Aadmi Party candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Aam Aadmi Party politicians Former members of Bharatiya Janata Party from Himachal Pradesh {{HimachalPradesh-politician-stub