Ashwani Kumar (Bihar politician)

Ashwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
	In office; 1994–1996
Preceded by	Tarakant Jha
Succeeded by	Yashwant Sinha
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 7 July 1980 – 6 July 1992
Constituency	Bihar
Personal details
Born	18 November 1928; Uttar Pradesh
Died	4 February 2012 (aged 83); Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent(s)	Shanti Swaroop Jalota (father);
Education	B.Sc (Industrial Chemistry)

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Ashwani Kumar (1928-2012) was a politician from Bihar state of India and was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a two-term member of Rajya Sabha from 1980 to 1992. He had also served as the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar.

Early life and political career[edit]

He was born in Uttar Pradesh on November 18, 1928. Ashwini Kumar had his primary education from Gorakhpur and then had graduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University. After completing education he became a Sangh Pracharak and worked in Basti, Ballia and Jaunpur districts in different capacities. Later, he joined active politics as an activist of Bihar Pradesh Jan Sangh and held various responsibilities in Bihar. He was the Organising Secretary of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh from 1965 to 1970. He became the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar in 1980 and was elected to Rajya Sabha twice from Bihar in 1980 and 1986.^[1] In 1994 he replaced Tarakant Jha as the State President of BJP Bihar.^[2] He passed away on 4 February 2012 in Lucknow.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/ElectronicPublications/Member_Biographical_Book.pdf
↑ "सीढ़ी दर सीढ़ी सफलता के शिखर चढ़े डॉ. संजय जायसवाल". Hindustan.
↑ "BJP mourns Ashwini Kumar". The Times of India. 5 February 2012.

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[1] ttps://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/ElectronicPublications/Member_Biographical_Book.pdf

[2] "सीढ़ी दर सीढ़ी सफलता के शिखर चढ़े डॉ. संजय जायसवाल". Hindustan.

[3] "BJP mourns Ashwini Kumar". The Times of India. 5 February 2012.

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