Amita Bhushan

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Begusarai
Personal details
Born	5 February 1970; Begusarai
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	Two
Residence	c/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 ex- MP and her village is cheriya bariyarpur.

Contributions

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

**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

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

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

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References

"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.
"All India Congress Committee". AICC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
Archived 8 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Mishra, Dipak (4 April 2009). "Everything not hunky-dory in Cong". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

External links

Indian National Congress

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[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] 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.