Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha

Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha alias Dabbu is an Indian National Congress politician from Madhya Pradesh, who is serving as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2018 representing Satna Assembly constituency. He is a son of former Member of Indian Parliament Sukhlal Kushwaha, who was elected to lower house of Indian Parliament ( Lok Sabha) from Satna Lok Sabha constituency by defeating former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Arjun Singh. Siddarth became M.L.A for the first time in 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections by defeating three term M.L.A., Shankarlal Tiwari. He also served as president of Other Backward Class wing of the Indian National Congress for the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Political career

Kushwaha is a son of Sukhlal Kushwaha, a former Member of Indian Parliament, who was elected to Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Satna Lok Sabha constituency. He contested the Assembly elections of 2018 and was elected as Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Satna Assembly constituency. In this election, he defeated three term MLA Shankarlal Tiwari.2023 assembly elections, kushwaha defeated four term member of parliament Ganesh Singh by margin of 4000+The Assembly constituency, from which he is elected is considered as an OBC stronghold and in order to reap the benefits of caste equation, he was nominated as the candidate of Indian National Congress for the Mayor elections later, in the last years of his term as a Member of Legislative Assembly. Soon afterwards, the INC leadership made him president of Other Backward Class wing of the party for the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was believed by the political analysts that this was done in a bid to reward him for not changing his loyalty during the fall of Indian National Congress government in 2020 political crisis.

Kushwaha is considered close to former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath. He was raised to the position of Other Backward Class wing of Madhya Pradesh Congress by replacing the Rajya Sabha member and veteran Congress leader, Rajmani Patel. Earlier, in Assembly elections conducted in Raigaon Assembly constituency, Kushwaha was given charge of campaign to ensure the victory of INC candidate. He was reported to have played significant role in ensuring the victory of INC candidate from this constituency, which was, until then, considered as stronghold of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Personal life

Kushwaha completed his bachelor's degree in 2007 from Government Swashasi College in Satna. He, besides being a politician, also runs a transport business.

References

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Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023
Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Living people
People from Satna district
Year of birth missing (living people)
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028