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{{Short description|Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image=File:Ram Asrey Singh Kushwaha.jpg
| office = Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|constituency=Sarsaul Assembly constituency
|term_start=1997
|term_end=2002
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]<br/>[[Samajwadi Party]]
| birth_date = 5 February 1953
|spouse=Sarala Singh
|birth_place= Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
}}
'''Ram Asrey Singh Kushwaha''' is an Indian politician based in [[Uttar Pradesh]], who was elected to 13th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly via [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections]] from Sarsaul Assembly constituency. He was a member of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] then. Kushwaha has also served as an office bearer of 'Kushwaha Kalyan Parishad', an organisation working for the [[Other Backward Class]]. In later part of his political career, he joined [[Samajwadi Party]] and served as its National General Secretary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ram-asrey-kushwaha-removed-as-sp-national-general-secretary/articleshow/23371493.cms|title=Ram Asrey Singh Kushwaha removed as SP National Secretary|website=The Economic Times|accessdate=4 October 2023|archive-date=4 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004165926/https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ram-asrey-kushwaha-removed-as-sp-national-general-secretary/articleshow/23371493.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/politics/sp-sacks-ram-asrey-kushwaha-as-cabinate-minister/articleshow/23466996.cms|title=राम आसरे कुशवाहा से कैबिनेट मंत्री का दर्जा भी छिना|website=Navbharat Times|accessdate=4 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/partyWiseMLA/3/13 |website=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] |access-date=2023-10-04 |archive-date=2023-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507013400/https://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/partyWiseMLA/3/13 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also held the position of Uttar Pradesh Remote Sensing Centre based in Lucknow, which has similar status to the Minister of State in Government of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/kushwaha-expelled-from-the-sp|title=Kushwaha expelled from SP|language=Hindi|website=Amar Ujala|accessdate=4 October 2023}}</ref>

==Political career==
Ram Asrey Singh Kushwaha was born on 5 February 1953 to M.L Singh in Kanpur Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in an [[Other Backward Class]] [[Kushwaha]] family. He is a [[doctorate]] and also holds a master's degree in Commerce. He was married to Sarala Singh on 24 June 1974. They had one son and a daughter from their marriage. Kushwaha was involved in [[pedagogy]], before joining politics. His political career got a boost with his election to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in mid term elections of 1996 from Sarsaul Assembly constituency on the ticket of Bahujan Samaj Party.<ref name=up>{{cite web|url=https://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/pdfs/13th_vs_sadashya_parichay.pdf#page=269|title=13th Vidhan Sabha members|website=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|accessdate=20 September 2023|archive-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816063628/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/pdfs/13th_vs_sadashya_parichay.pdf#page=269|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kushwaha was also active in social service and promoted art and literature. He was a president of Uttar Pradesh Kala Manch, which worked for promotion of art and culture. In 1986, he became the president of 'Kushwaha Kalyan Parishad', a caste organisation. Between 1997-98, he held the chair of Committee for Schedule Castes, Schedule Tribes and Denotified Tribes in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. On 27 October 1997, he was appointed as Minister for welfare of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in [[Kalyan Singh]] ministry.<ref name=up/>

He got 52,776 votes in 1996 Assembly elections and defeated Jagram Singh of [[Samajwadi Party]].<ref name=up/> In 2013, Samajwadi Party entrusted him with the task of connecting people belonging to [[Kushwaha]] caste with the party, which was traditionally considered as a votebank of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur-10502131.html|title=Third front wil be formed|website=Dainik Jagran|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref> Kushwaha was also made National General Secretary of the party but removed from the post in October 2013 for giving irresponsible statements in the media causing embarrassment for the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/kushwaha-removed-sp-national-general-secretary-12883.html|title=Kushwaha removed as national General Secretary of Samajwadi Party|website=India TV news|accessdate=5 October 2023|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228201015/http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/kushwaha-removed-sp-national-general-secretary-12883.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]
[[Category:People from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:People from Kanpur Nagar district]]

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