Santosh Kumar is an Indian politician and

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representing the

Purnia Purnia ()(also romanized as Purnea) is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. Total geographical area of Purnia Urban Agglomeration is which is next ...

constituency in

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. He was first elected in the

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, having run as 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 P ...

candidate in the constituency. In 2010 he was also elected as

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of the

Baisi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Baisi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnea district in the Indian state of Bihar. Overview As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 57 Baisi Assembly constituency is composed of th ...

of Purnea district as a

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candidate. One month before 2014 lok sabha election he joined

JD(U) 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 , Aruna ...

as he was nominated as the party candidate for

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election for Purnea constituency.

Life and political career

Born to Nevilal Vishwash and Ramsakhi Devi in 1976, Santosh's education was completed in Purnea from Surya Narayan Singh college, Rambagh. He has been an

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and social worker before starting his career as a full-time politician. He has been an MLA of

Baisi Baisi is a City and Sub District in Purnia district of Bihar, India. Demographics The majority of people in the town are Sunni Muslims. The number of households in Baisi is 1,319. All the households are rural households. The female to male ...

Purnea Purnia ()(also romanized as Purnea) is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. Total geographical area of Purnia Urban Agglomeration is which is next ...

Bihar before being elected as

in 2014. Further, he has been associated with various important committees of the Parliament and important posts within

. He has served as Member of Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, Committee on Private Members` Bills and Resolutions, Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal, Member of Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes, Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas and Member of Rules Committee. In 2019, he was re-elected as

from Purnea Lok Sabha constituency for a second term. He is a follower of

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's ideology. He defeated Uday Singh Pappu in 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a large margin of over 2.5 Lakh votes. In 2019, Santosh was one of the nominee of

for ministerial post in new

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ministry. However, JD(U) later decided not to claim ministerial birth due to less number of seats allotted to its members as ministers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Santosh India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar Janata Dal (United) politicians Living people 1976 births India MPs 2019–present

Life and political career

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