Ashok Kumar better known as Ashok Kushwaha is a former Member of the

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from the Sasaram Assembly constituency. He was a member of

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, and was elected in the 2000 Bihar assembly elections as well as the 2015 Bihar assembly elections. Kumar shifted his allegiance to

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(JDU) prior to

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and was made a candidate of JDU from Sasaram constituency against Rajesh Kumar Gupta of Rashtriya Janata Dal. However, he was defeated in the 2020 elections. In 2015 assembly elections, Kumar had defeated Jawahar Prasad of

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Janata Dal (United) politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 Bihar MLAs 2000–2005 People from Sasaram {{Bihar-JDU-politician-stub