Amita Bhushan

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Amita Bhushan
Begusarai
Personal details
Born (1970-02-05) 5 February 1970 (age 55)
Begusarai
Political partyIndian National Congress
ChildrenTwo
Residencec/o Late (Dr) Prof. Chandra Bhanu, Mussorie Public School, Harrakh, Begusarai, Bihar
Candidate for Lok Sabha Elections 2009 from Begusarai
As of 4 April, 2009

Amita Bhushan (born 5 February 1970) is an Indian politician, representing the Begusarai[1] constituency on a Congress ticket in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha since 2015, her first stint as MLA. She is a member of Indian National Congress.[2] Born and brought up in Begusarai, Bhushan is a social activist and fashion designer with an MA in Psychology. Her mother was an former MP and her village is cheriya bariyarpur.

Contributions[edit]

Moved by the plight of the common masses in the field of public health, illiteracy, sanitation, hygiene, etc., she has floated a society in the name and style of CBRKC Foundation to make contributions to the extent its resources permit. The society runs without any aid or government support.

Begusarai development data[edit]

Table 1: Development data of Begusarai[3]
Details 2004 2008
Total population (in '000s) 2,507 2,661
Sex ratio (females per 1000 males) 915.4 920.1
Crime against women (% of total crime) 2.7 5.4
Violent crime (% of total crime) 17.9 24.9
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 54.1 49.4
Households with electricity (% of total households) 10.7 4.7
Total literacy rate (% of total population) 50.9 54.6
Below poverty line (% of total population) 45 41.3
Work participation rate (% of total population) 32.8 34.1
Urbanization (% of total population) 3.6 2.7

Controversy[edit]

As per The Times of India, a section of Congress leaders from Bihar are questioning the party's decision to field candidates who have poor track records in elections. They have questioned the candidature of a relatively unknown face like Amita Bhushan from Begusarai from where it could have fielded former PCC chief Ram Jatan Sinha. "In several constituencies, we still look like vote-katwas," said a former Congress MLA.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Her husband is a government servant in All-India Service.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Welcome to the Official Website of Begusarai District, Bihar". Begusarai.bih.nic.in. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. "All India Congress Committee". AICC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  3. [1] Archived 8 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Mishra, Dipak (4 April 2009). "Everything not hunky-dory in Cong". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

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