Chhedi Paswan

Chhedi Paswan (born 4 February 1956) is a member of 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019) and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He represents the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1]

Chhedi Paswan
Member of Parliament (India)
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byMeira Kumar
ConstituencySasaram
Member of Parliament (India)
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byJagjivan Ram
Succeeded byMuni Lall
ConstituencySasaram
Personal details
Born (1956-02-04) 4 February 1956
Sasaram, Bihar, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2014-)
Other political
affiliations		Janata Dal
Spouse(s)Premkali Devi
Children5
ResidenceSasaram, Rohtas district, Bihar
Alma materPatna University
ProfessionSocial Worker

Career

Between 1985–89, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, where he represented the Lok Dal party from the Chenari constituency. He was Secretary General of the Yuva Lok Dal in Bihar between 1987–89.

Paswan was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, in 1989 and 1991 as a Janata Dal candidate from Sasaram constituency, defeating Meira Kumar of the Indian National Congress party on both occasions. He lost the 1996 Lok Sabha election to Muni Lall of the BJP.

He defected to the BJP in 2014 from Janata Dal (United) after alleging party leader Nitish Kumar was acting in an autocratic manner.[2] He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election and won the Sasaram seat but the victory was set aside by the Patna High Court on the grounds that his election affidavit did not mention criminal cases pending against him.[3] The Supreme Court of India stayed the order but Paswan's voting rights were not restored, which prevented him from voting in the 2017 Presidential elections.[4]

Personal life

Paswan was born on 4 February 1956 in Sasaram to Ramchandra Paswan and Laxmina Devi. He was awarded a M.A. degree in Labour and Social Welfare from the Patna University. He is married to Premkali Devi. He has three sons and two daughters.[1]

References
  1. "Chhedi Paswan". Government of India. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. Raj, Anand (9 March 2014). "Peeved Dalit leader joins BJP - Rajya Sabha MP left in lurch; Chhedi hurt at Nitish's style of work". The Telegraph.
  3. "Patna High Court sets aside BJP MP Chhedi Paswan's election". Indian Express. 29 July 2016.
  4. "Presidential election: Despatches from the Parliament and Assemblies". The Hindu. 19 July 2017.


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