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Sukhlal Kushwaha


Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha)
In office 1996–1998
Constituency	Satna Lok Sabha constituency

Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bahujan Samaj Party
Other political affiliations	Samajwadi Party
Spouse	Prema Kushwaha
Children	Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha
Parent	Sivshewak Kushwaha (father)^[1]
Alma mater	Awadhesh Pratap Singh University

Sukhlal Kushwaha (1964 – 2015) was an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh, who served as Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Satna Lok Sabha constituency. He was a member of Bahujan Samaj Party and in his first ever Lok Sabha elections in 1996, he defeated veteran leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Arjun Singh. In later part of his political career, he joined Samajwadi Party. His son Siddarth Sukhlal Kushwaha was elected as Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Satna Assembly constituency, which comes under his Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]^[3]

Life and career

Kushwaha was born on 5 January 1964 in a neighborhood called Bajbahi located in Satna district of Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to Shivshewak Kushwaha. He was sent to Government College, (Avdhesh Pratap Singh University) in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, from where he completed his bachelor's degree in arts. On 11 March 1982, he was married to Prema Kushwaha; they had two sons, one of them, Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha represented Satna Assembly constituency as Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was also a social worker, and he participated in various movements for eradication of inequality and for serving the downtrodden section of society. He was elected to 11th Lok Sabha via 1996 Indian General Elections as a candidate of Bahujan Samaj Party from Satna Lok Sabha constituency.^[4] He also participated in Indian Parliamentary elections to Lok Sabha from Satna Lok Sabha constituency in 2009 elections. However, he acquired the second position in this election by securing 1,90,206 votes and was defeated by Ganesh Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[5]

He allegedly committed suicide in 2015 by shooting himself.^[6]

References

^ "Member profile Sukhlal Kushwaha". Myneta. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "Ex MP Sukhlal Kushwaha shot himself dead". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "बसपा के पूर्व सांसद सुखलाल कुशवाह ने आत्महत्या की". Aajtak. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "MP biodata". Lok Sabha. 26 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "Election Results Satna Parliamentary constituency". Election.in. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "Ex BSP MP Sukhlal Kushwaha committed suicide". Zee News. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

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