Shatrughan Sahu
Shatrughan Sahu | |
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 Shatrughan Sahu addressing a meeting of district heads of Bihar Aam Aadmi Party. | |
| President of Aam Aadmi Party's Bihar State Unit | |
| In office 21 September 2018 – 04 March 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Sushil Kumar Singh[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1975 East Champaran, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Alma mater | Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar |
| Occupation | Politician, Social Worker |
Shatrughan Sahu (also known as Shatrughna Sahu) is an Indian politician and social activist. He has been the President of the Bihar State of Aam Aadmi Party from 21 September 2018 to 4 March 2020. He was succeeded by Sushil Kumar Singh in March, 2020.[2][3][4] Sahu is the first President of Aam Aadmi Party's Bihar state unit. He was born to Late Somari devi and Late Sadhu Sah on 7 February 1975 in East Champaran, Bihar. He contested Lok Sabha election in 2014 from Sheohar constituency of Bihar.[5][6]
Shatrughan is active in politics since his primary school days. He became Secretary of the student's assembly of Lok Dal in East Champaran. He also became a member of the National Executive of Chhatra Janata Dal, the student's wing of Janata Dal party and later he was elected National General Secretary. He became the National Vice President of Yuva Janta Dal, the youth wing of Janata Dal (United). He resigned from the membership of Janata Dal (United) in 2008 and turned into a social activist. He joined Bihar Navnirman Samiti as Central President and continued to work for society till 2014. He worked to draw the attention to government and people on issues plight of public interest of Bihar.
He again joined politics after taking inspiration from Anna Movement for Lokpal Bill in Delhi in 2011. Subsequently, after the Anna Movement, noted activists including Arvind Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas, Shazia Ilmi, and Manish Sisodia, etc. formed Aam Aadmi Party in 2012. Sahu was also a founder member and soon he was made the North Bihar Convenor for four years. He contested in Lok Sabha elections in 2014 on Aam Aadmi Party ticket from Sheohar constituency and he was defeated by BJP's Rama Devi. Rama Devi secured 3,72,506 votes.[7][8] In November 2019, he met a dangerous accident while going to attend a party meeting in Sasaram district of Bihar. He got brain injury but he survived.[9]
Shatrughan Sahu announced that the Aam Aadmi Party will contest the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls for the first time.[10][11][12][13]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Sushil Kumar Singh is new Bihar chief of AAP".
- ↑ Mar 6, Ramashankar | TNN | Updated; 2020; Ist, 15:51. "Sushil Kumar Singh is new Bihar chief of AAP | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "Prashant Kishor, sacked from JDU, hints about his future plans in Bihar". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "पूर्वी चंपारण के शत्रुघ्न साहू बने 'आप के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष". Hindustan (newspaper) (in hindi). Retrieved 2020-05-24.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Shatrughan Sahu(AAP):Constituency- SHEOHAR(BIHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "Shatrughan Sahu AAP Candidate 2014 लोकसभा चुनाव परिणाम Sheohar". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)", Wikipedia, 2019-12-28, retrieved 2020-05-24
- ↑ "AAP names eight more candidates in Bihar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ livecities, team. "बाल-बाल बचे AAP के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, आरा में हुए सड़क हादसे का शिकार". Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ Feb 13, Piyush Tripathi | TNN | Updated; 2020; Ist, 07:36. "AAP set to contest assembly polls in Bihar for first time | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "'Will offer new alternative': AAP targets Bihar Assembly Polls". Newsd.in: Latest News Today, Breaking News from India & World. 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "BJP's Loss of Face in Delhi Elections May Have a Silver Lining for Nitish Kumar in Bihar". News18. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "'Will offer new alternative': Upbeat AAP's next target is Bihar assembly poll". Hindustan Times. 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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