Nagmani
Former 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
SpouseSuchitra Sinha
Parent
Residence(s)Patna, Bihar

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.[2]

He announced the formation of Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party on 13 September 2021.[3][4][5]

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.[6][7][8]

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.[9][10][11]

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.[12][13] Following which he joined the Janata Dal (United) but quit six months later.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "This Nagmani is very funny". Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ नितिन गौतम (ed.). "बिहार के बड़े पलटीमार: जीतनराम 5 तो नागमणि 11 बार कर चुके हैं दल-बदल". Jansatta. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री नागमणि ने किया 'राष्ट्रीय शोषित समाज दल' पार्टी का गठन, 2024 में लड़ेंगे चुनाव". Dtv Bharat. 30 September 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "राष्ट्रीय शोषित समाज पार्टी ने विशाल कार्यकर्ता सम्मेलन का किया आयोजन". www.etvbharat.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "बिहार में नागमणि ने बनाई राष्ट्रीय शोषित समाज पार्टी, मुस्लिम और कोइरी CM के साथ 5 डेप्युटी CM बनाने का एजेंडा". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Abdul Qadiri (8 March 2014). "Bihar: Nagmani a 'record holder' in political somersaults". Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "JD(U) targets Nagmani, eyes Chatra". Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Former Union minister joins All Jharkhand Students Union". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Samajwadi Party teams up with Pappu Yadav, NCP, 3 others to form third front". timesofindia-economictimes. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Samras Samaj Party merges into RLSP". news.webindia123.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Nagmani's party too quits Third Front, to back Lalu-Nitish - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Nagmani resigns, accuses Kushwaha of "selling" party tickets". Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "RLSP removes Nagmani from national working president post". Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ex-Union minister Nagmani quits Nitish Kumar's JD(U)". The Financial Express. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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