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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Amita Bhushan
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|02|05}}
| birth_place = [[Begusarai]], [[Bihar]], India
| residence = c/o Late (Dr) Prof. Chandra Bhanu, Mussorie Public School, Harrakh, Begusarai, [[Bihar]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Bihar Vidhan Sabha
[[16th Bihar Assembly]]
| predecessor = [[Surendra Mehta]]
| successor = [[Kundan Kumar]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse =
| children = Two
| footnotes = Candidate for Lok Sabha Elections 2009 from Begusarai
| date = 4 April|
| year = 2009|
| source =
| assembly = [[16th Bihar Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Begusarai Assembly constituency|Begusarai]]
| legislature = [[Bihar Vidhan Sabha]]
| termstart = 2015
| termend = 2020
| office1 = President of Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress
| term1 = 2021-Current
}}

'''Amita Bhushan''' (born 5 February 1970) is an Indian politician, representing the [[Begusarai]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/ |title=Welcome to the Official Website of Begusarai District, Bihar |publisher=Begusarai.bih.nic.in |date=2010-02-04 |accessdate=2010-02-19| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100209183946/http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/ | archivedate= 9 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aicc.org.in/ |title=All India Congress Committee |publisher=AICC |accessdate=2010-02-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212023024/http://www.aicc.org.in/ |archivedate=2010-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Born and brought up in Begusarai, Bhushan is a social activist and fashion designer with an MA in psychology. Her mother was an [[Member of Parliament (India)|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 ==
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Table 1: Development data of Begusarai<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Loksabha2009/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408172135/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Loksabha2009/ |date=8 April 2009 }}</ref>'''
|- style="background:#d3d3d3;"
!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 ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023160018/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-04/patna/28056990_1_field-candidates-congress-mla-state-party-president 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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dipak|last=Mishra |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Patna/Everything-not-hunky-dory-in-Cong/articleshow/4355737.cms |title=Everything not hunky-dory in Cong|newspaper=The Times of India|date=4 April 2009 |accessdate=11 November 2019}}</ref>

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

==See also==
*[[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Begusarai]]
*[[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090831055222/http://www.congress.org.in/ Indian National Congress]}}

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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:People from Begusarai district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar]]
[[Category:Women members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2015–2020]]
[[Category:Indian women in politics]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]

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