Nagmani

Nagmani Kushwaha (born 15 Jan 1953) is an Indian politician from Bihar and Jharkhand.[1] He is the son of another Bihar politician Jagdeo Prasad, in whose party Shoshit Samaj Dal, Nagmani started his career. He has served as an MLA for Kurtha as well as an MP for Chatra. Nagmani is known for the frequency with which he changes parties - As of 2014, he had changed political affiliations 11 times.

Nagmani
The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Nagmani at the inauguration of the three-day International Meet on Adoption, organised by the Central Adoption Resource Authority(CARA), in New Delhi on December 8, 2003
Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byDhirendra Agarwal
Succeeded byDhirendra Agarwal
ConstituencyChatra
Personal details
Born
Nagmani Kushwaha

(1953-01-15) 15 January 1953
Kurhari, Jahanabad district, Bihar
NationalityIndian
Political partyShoshit Samaj Dal
Janata Dal
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic)
Bhartiya Janata Party
Lok Janshakti Party
Janata Dal (United)
Nationalist Congress Party
All Jharkhand Students Union
Samras Samaj Party
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
Spouse(s)Suchitra Singh
FatherJagdeo Prasad
ResidencePatna, Bihar

Political Career

In 2001, he broke away from the Rashtriya Janata Dal to form Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic) and was made Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment in the Vajpayee government. He later merged Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic) with the Bhartiya Janata Party. Post Bhartiya Janata Party lost power in the center, Nagmani joined Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party before switch over to the Janata Dal (United). His wife made a minister in the Nitish Kumar government and he was elected in the Bihar Legislative Council. Then he joined Nationalist Congress Party but left ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and joined All Jharkhand Students Union.[2][3][4]

In 2015, he formed Samras Samaj Party announced the formation of a third front known as the Socialist Secular Morcha an alliance of six parties SP, Nationalist Congress Party, Jan Adhikar Party, Samras Samaj Party, (National People's Party) and Samajwadi Janata Party.[5][6][7]

In 2017, Nagmanai joined Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samta Party by merging his party and calling Kushwaha to be next Chief Minister of Bihar. He was named National Executive President of Rashtriya Lok Samta Party but was sacked for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities in 2019. He resigned from the party.[8][9] Following which he joined the Janata Dal (United) but quit six months later.[10]

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References
  1. Harish Khare (25 May 2003). "New faces in Vajpayee Ministry, Mamata Banerjee stays out". The Hindu.
  2. Abdul Qadiri (8 March 2014). "Bihar: Nagmani a 'record holder' in political somersaults". Times of India.
  3. JD(U) targets Nagmani, eyes Chatra
  4. Former Union minister joins All Jharkhand Students Union
  5. "Samajwadi Party teams up with Pappu Yadav, NCP, 3 others to form third front". timesofindia-economictimes.
  6. "Samras Samaj Party merges into RLSP". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. "Nagmani's party too quits Third Front, to back Lalu-Nitish - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. Nagmani resigns, accuses Kushwaha of "selling" party tickets
  9. RLSP removes Nagmani from national working president post
  10. "Ex-Union minister Nagmani quits Nitish Kumar's JD(U)". The Financial Express. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.


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