and
Samrat Chaudhary on 2 July 2024, before being elected to Bihar Legislative Council. Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha is a son of Devdhari Singh, who hails from Jagdishpur in
Arrah district of
Bihar. In the early part of his life, he was associated with the social work, before entering the politics. His spouse is a government servant. He is educated till
matriculation level. Kushwaha is charged with several criminal cases, as per his affidavit submitted to
Election Commission of India. In the affidavit, he reveals the charges lodged against him which includes murder, attempt to murder, rioting and possession of harmful weapons. Kushwaha contests the election to
Bihar Legislative Assembly from the
Jagdishpur Assembly constituency. He started his political career from the
Indian People's Front, which came to be known as CPI-ML later. In 1990, he was elected from the Jagdishpur constituency to the
Bihar Legislative Assembly as the CPI-ML candidate, but in the next election the seat was won by Harinarayan Singh of
Janata Dal; Kushwaha was reelected in 2000 from this seat, this time on the ticket of
Samata Party (now led by
Uday Mandal its President). After the formation of
Janata Dal (United) from the Samata Party, Kushwaha was elected once again in 2005 as the member of new party, the Janata Dal (United), from the Jagdishpur seat. The dormant political career of Kushwaha got a boost once again after formation of
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party by
Upendra Singh Kushwaha in 2013, as a result of split in the ruling JD(U). To bring all
Kushwaha leaders under one umbrella for better political outcomes, some of the veteran politicians were given high posts in the newly formed party. This included Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, who was made party's vice president. In 2018, Upendra Kushwaha, the founder of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, left the
Bharatiya Janata Party led
National Democratic Alliance, which was seen by many of his party members as a suicidal step. Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha too protested against this decision and left RLSP to join the JD(U) with 35 state level office bearers and at least 1200 workers of the party. His exit was preceded by the exit of other legislators of the party which included Sudhanshu Shekhar and
Lalan Paswan. In the presence of JD(U)'s contemporary state president,
Bashistha Narain Singh, Kushwaha hailed his decision to part his ways with RLSP. In October 2020, before the Bihar Assembly elections, he was found to be involved in anti-party activities after he was denied ticket by the JDU in the assembly elections. As a result of this, he along with some of the former leaders of the party were ousted for a period of 6 years. Among those who were expelled was the former
Member of Legislative Assembly,
Dadan Pahalwan.
2020 assembly elections In 2020 elections to
Bihar Legislative Assembly, after being denied ticket from JD(U), he contested from the
Lok Janshakti Party in the Jagdishpur constituency. In a tripartite battle between JDU,
Rashtriya Janata Dal and
Lok Janshakti Party, he lost to Ram Vishun Singh of RJD. Among the three key candidates, he was able to secure second position between the winner and Sushmlata Kushwaha, the third runner up.
Return to JDU and
Samrat Chaudhary, filing his nomination papers for
Bihar Legislative Council election, on 2 July 2024. After unsuccessfully contesting Jagdishpur seat on LJP ticket in 2020 assembly election, he once again returned to JDU in August, 2021. In July 2024, he was made a candidate of the JDU for Bihar Legislative Council. This decision came after the vacancy was created on one seat of Bihar Legislative Council, which was earlier held by Rambali Chandravanshi. ==Criminal accusations==