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from the Dumraon Assembly constituency. Singh has been elected to assembly as a candidate of

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. He defeated Anjum Ara of

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(JDU), as a candidate of

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in the 2020 Bihar assembly elections. Singh won the tripolar contest, in which apart from JDU's Anjum Ara, former

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from Dumraon,

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was also a participant.

Political career

He was one of the youngest candidates contesting the assembly elections in 2020. Singh was a former president for the state of Bihar, of the Revolutionary Youth Association and a former secretary for the state of Bihar of

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. He completed his doctoral studies in the "history of farmer's agitation" from the

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and started taking part in political activism, before being elected as a member of the legislative assembly in 2020. He secured 71,320 votes and defeated the second runner-up Anjum Ara (46,905 votes) in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kushwaha, Ajit Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Activists from Bihar Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians Living people Indian communists 1986 births People from Buxar district

Political career

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