CP Sinha is a senior leader of the

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 ...

. He was elected unopposed to the

Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...

on 3 June 2016.

Life

Sinha 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 and is associated with Kushwaha Rajnaitik Vichar Manch, an organisation working for political rights of the Koeri community. As a member of this organisation, he advocated that JDU should constest from

Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency Ujiyarpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the rec ...

in place of

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 ...

, with

Ashwamedh Devi Ashwamedh Devi (born 18 September 1967) is a politician and a Member of Parliament elected from the Ujiarpur constituency in the Indian state of Bihar being a Janata Dal (United) candidate. Early life Ashwamedh was born on 18 September 1967 in ...

as its candidate. He also advocated ministerial berth for

Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha Ram Balak Singh also known as Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Bibhutipur Assembly Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly. He is a member of Janata Dal (United) (JDU ...

in Government of Bihar.

References

Janata Dal (United) politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Bihar Legislative Council 21st-century Indian politicians {{Bihar-JDU-politician-stub