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'''Satyadev Kushwaha''' is an Indian politician who is a leader of [[Janata Dal (United)]] party and a former member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected to the assembly from [[Kurtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurtha]] in [[Arwal district]]. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections he defeated Ashok Kumar Verma of [[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=713|title=Satyadev Singh|website=Myneta.com|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015161158/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/bihar-polls-jd-u-lawmaker-caught-on-camera-accepting-bribe-33354.html|title=JDU lawmaker caught on camera taking bribe|website=Indiatvnews.com|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/kurtha.html|title=Kurtha Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results|website=Election.in|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref>

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Satyadev Singh alias Satyadev Kushwaha was born to Ramanand Singh on 20 June 1950. His father was an agriculturist by profession. He completed his education from Tekari college [[Magadh University]] Bodhgaya. Singh hails from Aurangabad district where his native village Bhimlichak is located. He is active in social work besides politics.<ref name="VidhanSabha"/> Singh has been embroiled in many controversies. In October 2015 he was caught on a video accepting bribe from a businessman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121093907/https://mdaily.bhaskar.com/news/TOP-jdu-mla-satyadev-kushwaha-caught-taking-bribe-5151766-NOR.html|title=Shocker! JDU MLA Kushwaha caught taking bribe, BJP leaks the video!|date=2015-10-26|website=dailybhaskar|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bihar-polls-another-bribe-sting-embarrasses-jdu-mla-in-the-dock-2138525|title=Bihar polls: Another 'bribe sting' embarrasses JD(U), MLA in the dock|website=DNA India|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref>

Satyadev Singh entered into politics in 1974 and had been associated with several political parties like [[Lok Dal]], [[Janata Party]], [[Janata Dal]], [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] and [[Janata Dal (United)]] at different times. In 1984 he was involved in protecting [[Sikh]]s residing in [[Bokaro Steel City|Bokaro]] steel city from the anti-[[Sikh]] riots that was followed up after the assassination of [[Indira Gandhi]] by her Sikh bodyguards. Satyadev helped to protect life of thousands of Sikh people for which he was later awarded by Sikh society at the Model Town [[Gurudwara]] in 1986 at [[Delhi]]. He was arrested and tortured by the incumbent government for this. In 1998 he contested the [[Lok Sabha]] election on the ticket of [[Janata Dal]] from [[Aurangabad]] Lok Sabha constituency but was defeated. He later contested the election to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2010 and won, assuming office from 2010-15. He again successfully contested the Bihar Assembly Elections in 2015 from Kurtha constituency. In the 2015 Assembly Election to Kurtha he received 43,676 votes and defeated his opponent by a large margin.<ref name="VidhanSabha">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015130438/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/215.pdf|title=Member Profile:Satyadev Singh|website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref> In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election Janata Dal (United) once again made him its candidate from Kurtha while many other sitting MLAs were ousted from the party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-election-2020-jdu-not-disappointed-its-old-fighters-everyone-gets-ticket-20839358.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305023231/https://m.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-election-2020-jdu-not-disappointed-its-old-fighters-everyone-gets-ticket-20839358.html |title=Bihar Election 2020: जदयू ने अपने पुराने लड़ाकों को नहीं किया निराश, सभी को मिला टिकट|website=Dainik Bhaskar|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=4 March 2021|quote=transl:There were many things going on regarding the Karghar seat, but JDU again fielded its MLA Vashisht Singh. He defeated the RLSP candidate in the 2015 election. JDU's trust in Satya Dev Kushwaha from Kurtha remained intact. He to defeated the RLSP candidate last time. Abhay Kushwaha, who is preparing to contest from Belaganj, also did not disappoint. Manorama Devi gets tickets from Attri.  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.jagran.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election/bihar-assembly-election-2020-jdu-announces-candidates-for-1st-phase-kaushal-yadav-to-contest-from-nawada-jayavardhan-yadav-from-paliganj-10017723|title=Bihar Assembly Election 2020: JD(U) announces candidates for 1st phase; Kaushal Yadav to contest from Nawada, Jayavardhan Yadav from Paliganj|website=Jagran.com|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref>

In this election Satyadev was defeated by Bagi Kumar Verma of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] with a high victory margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112163120/https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/kurtha-election-result-s04a215/|title=Kurtha assembly result 2020|website=News18|accessdate=2020-11-12}}</ref>