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'''Kameshwar Baitha''' is a member of the 15th [[Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palamu]] constituency of [[Jharkhand]]. He was originally a member of the [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] political party, but joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2014.<ref>http://www.avenuemail.in/ranchi/jmm-mp-kameshwar-baitha-joins-bjp/32431/</ref> He left the BJP for the [[Trinamool Congress]] after failing to get a ticket for the general Elections of 2014.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Miffed-with-BJP-Baitha-joins-TMC/articleshow/31918062.cms</ref> | '''Kameshwar Baitha''' is a member of the 15th [[Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palamu]] constituency of [[Jharkhand]]. He was originally a member of the [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] political party, but joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2014.<ref>http://www.avenuemail.in/ranchi/jmm-mp-kameshwar-baitha-joins-bjp/32431/</ref> He left the BJP for the [[Trinamool Congress]] after failing to get a ticket for the general Elections of 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Miffed-with-BJP-Baitha-joins-TMC/articleshow/31918062.cms|title = Miffed with BJP, Baitha joins TMC - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | ||
==Education and background== | ==Education and background== | ||
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Kameshwar Baitha was born in a village in the [[Bishrampur block]] of the [[Palamu district]] (then part of [[Bihar]]). The highest educational qualification attained by Baitha is [[matriculation]].<ref name="LS_profile" /> During the 1970s, the rampant feudalism and the resulting marginalisation of the landless lower castes led to social unrest in Palamu and other parts of Bihar. Several low-caste people joined the [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Naxalite–Maoist insurgent]] groups. Baitha joined [[Party Unity]] in the late 1980s, after the Arwal massacre in which 21 supporters of the left-wing group Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (MKSS) were killed in police firing. As a Naxal insurgent, he commandeered the [[South Koel River|Koel]]-[[Sankh River|Sankh]] zone of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|CPI (Maoist)]].<ref name="TheHindu_jungle_2014">{{cite news | url = http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/from-the-jungle-to-parliament/article5892462.ece | title = From the jungle to Parliament | date = 2014-04-10 | newspaper = The Hindu }}</ref> | Kameshwar Baitha was born in a village in the [[Bishrampur block]] of the [[Palamu district]] (then part of [[Bihar]]). The highest educational qualification attained by Baitha is [[matriculation]].<ref name="LS_profile" /> During the 1970s, the rampant feudalism and the resulting marginalisation of the landless lower castes led to social unrest in Palamu and other parts of Bihar. Several low-caste people joined the [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Naxalite–Maoist insurgent]] groups. Baitha joined [[Party Unity]] in the late 1980s, after the Arwal massacre in which 21 supporters of the left-wing group Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (MKSS) were killed in police firing. As a Naxal insurgent, he commandeered the [[South Koel River|Koel]]-[[Sankh River|Sankh]] zone of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|CPI (Maoist)]].<ref name="TheHindu_jungle_2014">{{cite news | url = http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/from-the-jungle-to-parliament/article5892462.ece | title = From the jungle to Parliament | date = 2014-04-10 | newspaper = The Hindu }}</ref> | ||
As a result of his Naxalite past, he is facing as many as 53 criminal cases in various courts that includes killing of 17 PAC jawans and divisional forest officer Sanjay Singh at Rehal village on Kaimur hills in Rohtas.<ref name=" nytimes ">{{cite news|title=In | As a result of his Naxalite past, he is facing as many as 53 criminal cases in various courts that includes killing of 17 PAC jawans and divisional forest officer Sanjay Singh at Rehal village on Kaimur hills in Rohtas.<ref name=" nytimes ">{{cite news|title=In India's Politics, Jail Time Is a Badge of Honor|publisher=nytimes|accessdate=14 Oct 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/world/asia/in-indias-politics-jail-time-is-a-badge-of-honor.html?_r=0&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1381760276-imF9y4EA/nxVgG07gTX+y}}</ref> He was the only jail inmate when selected as MP in 2009. Baitha denied his involvement in any violence, stating that he had never touched a weapon in his life during his "27 years of struggle for the people's cause".<ref>{{cite news | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Baitha-released-from-jail/articleshow/8192959.cms| title = Baitha released from jail | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 2011-05-08 }}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||