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{{Short description|Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh}}
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| name = Sukhlal Kushwaha
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| office1 = Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha)
| constituency1 = [[Satna Lok Sabha constituency]]
| term_start1 = 1996
| term_end1 = 1998
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| party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| otherparty = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| alma_mater = [[Awadhesh Pratap Singh University]]
| parents = Sivshewak Kushwaha (father)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=3253|title=Member profile Sukhlal Kushwaha|website=Myneta|accessdate=17 September 2023|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509073712/https://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=3253|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| spouse = Prema Kushwaha
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| children = [[Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha]]
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'''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 (Madhya Pradesh politician)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ex-bsp-mp-sukhlal-kushwaha-shoots-himself-dead/story-kx9GgKUFWbULhFuJJoBr5L.html|title=Ex MP Sukhlal Kushwaha shot himself dead|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=17 September 2023|archive-date=8 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108043307/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ex-bsp-mp-sukhlal-kushwaha-shoots-himself-dead/story-kx9GgKUFWbULhFuJJoBr5L.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/madhya-pradesh/story/former-bsp-mp-sukhlal-kushwaha-shoots-himself-to-death-in-madhya-pradesh-309199-2015-08-15|title=बसपा के पूर्व सांसद सुखलाल कुशवाह ने आत्महत्या की|website=Aajtak|accessdate=17 September 2023|archive-date=2023-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916182533/https://www.aajtak.in/india/madhya-pradesh/story/former-bsp-mp-sukhlal-kushwaha-shoots-himself-to-death-in-madhya-pradesh-309199-2015-08-15|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/shri-sukh-lal-kushwaha-member-of-parliament-mp-from-satna-madhya-pradesh-biodata/|title=MP biodata|website=Lok Sabha|accessdate=17 September 2023|archive-date=16 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916182614/https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/shri-sukh-lal-kushwaha-member-of-parliament-mp-from-satna-madhya-pradesh-biodata/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/satna.html|title=Election Results Satna Parliamentary constituency|website=Election.in|accessdate=17 September 2023|archive-date=8 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308032816/https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/satna.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

He allegedly committed suicide in 2015 by shooting himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/madhya-pradesh/ex-bsp-mp-sukhlal-kushwaha-shoots-himself-to-death_1647244.html|title=Ex BSP MP Sukhlal Kushwaha committed suicide|website=Zee News|accessdate=17 September 2023|archive-date=31 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031211104/http://zeenews.india.com/news/madhya-pradesh/ex-bsp-mp-sukhlal-kushwaha-shoots-himself-to-death_1647244.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians]]
[[Category:People from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Satna district]]
[[Category:India MPs 1996–1997]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:1964 births]]

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