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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ajit Kumar Singh
| image = File:Ajit Kushwaha.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = 2 April 1986
| birth_place =
| constituency = [[Dumraon Assembly constituency]]
| office = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2020
| term_end = 2025
| predecessor = [[Dadan Pahalwan]]
| successor = [[Rahul Kumar Singh]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| alma_mater =
| father = Anil Kumar Singh
| mother = Urmila devi
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source =
| other_party =
| spouse = Shivani Singh
| children = no
}}
'''Ajit Kumar Singh'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/Bihar2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=9813|title=Ajit Kumar Singh|website=national election watch|accessdate=23 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222212936/https://myneta.info/Bihar2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=9813|url-status=live}}</ref> also known as '''Ajit Kumar Kushwaha'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/buxar/news/many-organizations-of-today-are-running-on-the-ideas-of-bhagat-singh-ajit-kushwaha-130375783.html|title=विरोध मार्च:भगत सिंह के विचारों पर चल रहे हैं आज के कई संगठन : अजीत कुशवाहा|website=BHASKAR.COM|accessdate=23 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222211539/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/buxar/news/many-organizations-of-today-are-running-on-the-ideas-of-bhagat-singh-ajit-kushwaha-130375783.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-poisonous-liquor-government-is-dancing-on-the-dead-bodies-of-people-killed-by-alcohol-mla-ajeet-kushwaha-targeted-bihar-government-ann-2048157|title=Bihar Poisonous Liquor: शराब से मरे हुए लोगों के शव पर सरकार नृत्य कर रही, अजीत कुशवाहा ने साधा निशाना, पढ़ें क्या कहा|website=abp news|date=27 January 2022 |accessdate=23 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222212633/https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-poisonous-liquor-government-is-dancing-on-the-dead-bodies-of-people-killed-by-alcohol-mla-ajeet-kushwaha-targeted-bihar-government-ann-2048157|url-status=live}}</ref> is an Indian politician and a Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Dumraon Assembly constituency]]. Singh has been elected to assembly as a candidate of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/in-bihars-dumraon-a-young-royal-tries-his-luck-as-an-independent-candidate/articleshow/78874272.cms|title=In Bihar's Dumraon, a young royal tries his luck as an independent|access-date=22 February 2023|website=economic times|date=26 October 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222204842/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/in-bihars-dumraon-a-young-royal-tries-his-luck-as-an-independent-candidate/articleshow/78874272.cms|url-status=live |last1=Singh |first1=Sanjay }}</ref> He defeated Anjum Ara of [[Janata Dal (United)]] (JDU), as a candidate of [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)]] in the 2020 Bihar assembly elections. Singh won the tripolar contest, in which apart from JDU's Anjum Ara, former [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from Dumraon, [[Dadan Pahalwan]] was also a participant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bihar-election/bihar-election-2020-fiery-contest-in-dumraon-as-jd-u-ditches-incumbent-heavyweight-mla/story-xL5lSfxEeh35N8vspsOIqI.html|title=Bihar election 2020: Fiery contest in Dumraon as JD(U) ditches incumbent heavyweight MLA|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=23 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222205701/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bihar-election/bihar-election-2020-fiery-contest-in-dumraon-as-jd-u-ditches-incumbent-heavyweight-mla/story-xL5lSfxEeh35N8vspsOIqI.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/making-and-unmaking-of-cadre-based-party-cpi-ml-in-bihar-news-192321|title=Making And Unmaking Of Cadre Based Party: CPI (ML) In Bihar|website=outlook india|date=20 April 2022 |accessdate=23 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222210109/https://www.outlookindia.com/national/making-and-unmaking-of-cadre-based-party-cpi-ml-in-bihar-news-192321|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career==
He was one of the youngest candidates contesting the assembly elections in 2020. Singh was a former president for the state of Bihar, of the [[Revolutionary Youth Association]] and a former secretary for the state of Bihar of [[All India Students Association]]. He completed his doctoral studies in the "history of farmer's agitation" from the [[Veer Kunwar Singh University]] and started taking part in political activism, before being elected as a member of the legislative assembly in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/left-parties-field-several-youngsters-in-bihar-polls|title=Left parties field several youngsters in Bihar polls|website=National Herald|date=7 October 2020 |accessdate=23 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222211057/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/left-parties-field-several-youngsters-in-bihar-polls|url-status=live}}</ref>

He secured 71,320 votes and defeated the second runner-up Anjum Ara (46,905 votes) in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/buxar-due-to-polarization-of-votes-male-showed-strength-in-dumraon-21054638.html|title=वोट के ध्रुवीकरण के बदौलत माले ने दिखाया डुमरांव में दम|website=jagran.com|accessdate=21 February 2023|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222212337/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/buxar-due-to-polarization-of-votes-male-showed-strength-in-dumraon-21054638.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Amarjeet Kushwaha]]

==References==
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[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2020–2025]]
[[Category:Activists from Bihar]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian communists]]
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:People from Buxar district]]

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