Vijaylakshmi Devi also known as Vijay Lakshmi Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a member of

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from Siwan Lok Sabha constituency. She was elected to the Lok Sabha on the symbol 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 ...

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. She is the wife of former JDU legislator,

Ramesh Singh Kushwaha Ramesh Singh Kushwaha (born 25 January 1962) is an Indian politician. He is State President of Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal, Bihar. He is former member Of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 106th Ziradei constituency in Siwan district. Early life ...

, who represented Ziradei Assembly constituency falling within Siwan Lok Sabha constituency.

Political career

She was picked up by

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unite ...

in 2024, when her husband

, an erstwhile member of Janata Dal (United) was working with former union minister

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Singh Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Council of Bihar assembly. He was the former Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. He is former MP fro ...

as the state chief of latter's Rashtriya Lok Morcha. Kumar inducted both her and her husband into the JDU once again and she was made a candidate for

election, replacing incumbent Kavita Singh. In her election affidavit, she declares that she is a partner in a company named Kunal constructions. During her election campaign, it was reported that she might not get the support of a section of Forward Castes in Siwan as her husband was associated with

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

in the early part of his life and CPI-ML was in conflict with the landed section of Forward Castes in the region. In this tussle, Shahabuddin emerged as their saviour and it was presumed that the Forward Caste will vote for Shahabuddin's wife, Hena Shahab who was contesting as an independent candidate from the constituency in 2024. Amidst speculation that sitting MP Kavita Singh will also lay claim on the Siwan seat after JDU replaced her to make Vijaylakshmi as their candidate, Singh along with her husband Ajay Singh announced their support in the favor of Vijaylakshmi. On 4 June 2024, after the final counting of votes, she was declared the winner in the triangular contest involving Awadh Bihari Choudhary and Hena Shahab for Siwan Lok Sabha constituency.

Personal life

She is registered as a voter in Ziradei Assembly constituency of Siwan and belongs to

Koeri The Koeri (spelt as Koiry or Koiri) and also referred to as Kushwaha and Maurya in several parts of North India are an Indian non-elite caste, found largely in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, whose traditional occupation was agriculture. According ...

caste.

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{{Reflist Living people India MPs 2024–2029 People from Siwan district 21st-century Indian women politicians Janata Dal (United) politicians

Political career

Personal life

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