Binod Kumar Singh also known as Binod Singh Kushwaha was an Indian politician associated with
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 ...
. He was the Minister of Backward & Extremely Backward Classes Welfare at the time of his death. He represented
Pranpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) thrice in
2000
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,
2010
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and
2015
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elections.
Political career
Singh was considered as one of the stalwarts of
Bhartiya Janata Party
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. He defeated Mahendra Narayan Yadav in the 2010 assembly elections to Bihar Legislative Assembly and in 2015, became victorious once again by defeating Ishrat Parveen of
Nationalist Congress Party
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. In early years of his political career, he was also associated with
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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.
Death
He died in 2020. It was found that his death happened because of the complications associated with COVID -19. Though, he was recovered after being infected, but, he was hospitalized once again after some time from post COVID-19 complications, leading to his death.
References
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20th-century births
2020 deaths
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar
Date of birth missing
People from Katihar district
Bihar MLAs 2000–2005
Bihar MLAs 2010–2015
Bihar MLAs 2015–2020
Lok Janshakti Party politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India