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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Babu Singh Kushwaha
| office = Deputy Leader, [[Samajwadi Party]] in [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency =
| term_start = 30 July 2024
| image = Kushwaha.JPG
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| 1blankname1 =
| 1namedata1 =
| office2 = Cabinet Minister<br />[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| termstart1 = 4 June 2024
| termend1 =
| constituency1 = [[Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jaunpur]]
| 2blankname2 = Ministry & Department's
| 2namedata2 = * Family Welfare.
* Panchayati Raj.
* Mining.
* Geology.
* Cooperative.
| termstart2 = 13 May 2007
| termend2 = 8 April 2011
| party = [[Jan Adhikar Party]]
(2016-Present)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|5|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pakhrauli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| profession = Politician
| spouse = Shivkanya Kushwaha
| children = 4
| otherparty = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
(1984-2011)

[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A.]]
(2024-Present)
| caption = 
| status =
| website = https://www.janadhikarparty.org/
| order =
| source =
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Mayawati]]
| office3 =
| termstart3 = 11 October 2002
| termend3 = 28 May 2003
| constituency3 =
| leader = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| predecessor1 = [[Shyam Singh Yadav]]
| office4 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| termstart4 = 6 May 2000
| termend4 = 5 May 2012
| constituency4 = ''elected by MLA'S''
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 2blankname3 = Ministry & Department's
| 1namedata3 = [[Mayawati]]
| 2namedata3 = * Mining.
* Geology.
}}
''' Babu Singh Kushwaha''' (born 7 May 1966) is an Indian politician from [[Uttar Pradesh]], serving as chief of the Jan Adhikar Party and former Family Welfare Minister in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh government]] under [[Mayawati]]. He was also one of [[Mayawati|Behenji’s]] trusted backroom boys, who besides working at the grassroots looked after the party’s administrative affairs. In the [[2024 Indian general election]], he won from the [[Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency]] on a [[Samajwadi Party]] ticket, becoming a member of [[Lok Sabha]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/news/jaunpur-lok-sabha-election-result-2024-live-update-bjp-sp-kripashankar-singh-babu-singh-kushwaha-133117209.html|title=जौनपुर लोकसभा सीट पर बाबू सिंह कुशवाहा जीते:भाजपा के कृपाशंकर सिंह को 99335 वोट से हराया, कहा- विकास के लिए काम करूंगा|website=Bhaskar|accessdate=5 June 2024|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605032335/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/news/jaunpur-lok-sabha-election-result-2024-live-update-bjp-sp-kripashankar-singh-babu-singh-kushwaha-133117209.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Party changers {{!}} Shifting hues">{{cite news |date=13 July 2024 |title=Party changers {{!}} Shifting hues |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-party-changers-shifting-hues-2565842-2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302190555/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-party-changers-shifting-hues-2565842-2024-07-13 |archive-date=2 March 2025 |access-date=22 March 2025 |publisher=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Background ==
Kushwaha belongs to a farming family in Pakhrauli village of [[Banda district, India|Banda district]], and graduated in 1985. After this, he started his life by putting a dump in [[Atarra]]. In April 1988, he came in contact with [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] founder [[Kanshi Ram]]. Kanshi Ram called him to Delhi.<ref name=IE>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/from-kanshiram-s-ward-to-mayawati-s-right-ha/|title=From Kanshiram's ward to Mayawati's right hand to a man without a party|website=Indian express|date=30 November 2011 |accessdate=5 June 2024|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605073650/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/from-kanshiram-s-ward-to-mayawati-s-right-ha/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Within six months, he was promoted and sent to do organisation work in the Lucknow office. He became the District President of Banda in 1993. In 2003, he was made the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj|Minister of Panchayati Raj]] in the BSP government.<ref name=IE/>

In 2007, when BSP came to power with an absolute majority, Kushwaha was appointed to important departments like minerals, appointments, and cooperatives. When the Department of Family Welfare was formed, this department was also handed over to him.<ref name=IE/> He was one of the three pillars of the Bahujan Samaj Party when Mayawati was at the peak of her political career along with [[Swami Prasad Maurya]] and [[Nasimuddin Siddiqui]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyWUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT55|page=55|title=Political Communication in Contemporary India: Locating Democracy and Governance|date=23 November 2022|place=India|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781000801392|editor1=Pratip Chattopadhyay|editor2=Yatindra Singh Sisodia|access-date=5 June 2024|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405180009/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyWUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT55|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Political journey ==

Kushwaha had been a member of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] for 27 years. He was for years perceived as the closest to Mayawati. He was a member of the [[:Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] and was also appointed as a cabinet minister twice.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2012 |title=I'm being trapped into NRHM scam: Kushwaha-India News |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/im-being-trapped-into-nrhm-scam-kushwaha-197582.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929065151/https://www.firstpost.com/india/im-being-trapped-into-nrhm-scam-kushwaha-197582.html |archive-date=29 September 2021 |access-date=29 September 2021 |website=Firstpost}}</ref> Kushwaha was the second most powerful person in the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 April 2018|title=Mayawati May Bring Back Scam-Tainted Ex-BSP Strongman Babu Singh Kushwaha Before 2019|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/mayawati-may-bring-back-scam-tainted-ex-bsp-strongman-babu-singh-kushwaha-before-2019-1707077.html|access-date=29 September 2021|website=News18|language=en|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704105312/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/mayawati-may-bring-back-scam-tainted-ex-bsp-strongman-babu-singh-kushwaha-before-2019-1707077.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After the successive murders of two medical officers in Lucknow he blew the lid off the giant [[Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam|National Rural Health Mission scam]]. He had held the portfolio of the Family Welfare, Mining, Panchayati Raj and several other departments before resigning.<ref name="times of India">{{Cite web|date=22 May 2017|title=BSP bid to take NRHM tainted Kushwaha back in|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/bsp-bid-to-take-nrhm-tainted-kushwaha-back-in/articleshow/58780644.cms|access-date=29 September 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119172010/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/bsp-bid-to-take-nrhm-tainted-kushwaha-back-in/articleshow/58780644.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kushwaha joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in the presence of senior leaders [[Vinay Katiyar]] and [[Surya Pratap Shahi]], but his induction resulted in voices of dissent in the party, after which he wrote a letter to BJP national president [[Nitin Gadkari]] requesting him to suspend his membership until proven innocent. Kushwaha formed the political party Jan Adhikar Party in 2016.<ref name="times of India" />

His wife Shivkanya Kushwaha contested for [[Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency]] from the Samajwadi Party (SP) in 2014. She placed second, receiving 27.82% of votes, and losing by 32,452 votes to [[Manoj Sinha]] of BJP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/induction-of-kushwaha-kin-in-sp-may-affect-probe-against-him-lokayukta/|title=Induction of Kushwaha kin in SP may affect probe against him: Lokayukta|website=Indian express|date=16 July 2013 |access-date=9 May 2024|archive-date=30 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430075245/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/induction-of-kushwaha-kin-in-sp-may-affect-probe-against-him-lokayukta/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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== Jan Adhikar Party ==

Babu Singh Kushwaha founded the Jan Adhikar party on 9 December 2016, with the ideology to provide equal rights to all sections of society according to their population. The party aims to empower all the deprived, exploited, labourers, farmers, poor, and women and to provide them with their rights. The main objective of the party is to release the caste census report and to give a share in all the resources of the country to all the sections in proportion to the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janadhikarparty.org/|title=Manifesto of Jan Adhikar Party|accessdate=5 June 2024|archive-date=22 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322005446/http://janadhikarparty.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Babu Singh Kushwaha2.JPG|200px|Babu Singh Kushwaha in a rally in Uttar Pradesh.]]

His Jan Adhikar Party was a part of the coalition [[Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha]] in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s. The party did not manage to win any seats in the elections of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=नोटा के वोट प्रतिशत का आंकड़ा तोड़ नही पाए छोटे दल |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti/small-parties-could-not-break-the-vote-percentage-of-nota-srawasti-news-lko621368445 |access-date=20 April 2022 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi |archive-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914233319/https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti/small-parties-could-not-break-the-vote-percentage-of-nota-srawasti-news-lko621368445 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election trends |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24279.htm?ac=279 |access-date=20 April 2022 |website=results.eci.gov.in |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310093119/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS24279.htm?ac=279 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== 2024 General elections ==

Kushwaha won the 2024 general election from Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency on [[Samajwadi Alliance|Samajwadi]] Party Symbol.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: Babu Singh Kushwaha Wins by a Margin of 99335 Votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/story/jaunpur-uttar-pradesh-lok-sabha-election-results-2024-live-updates-clse-2548052-2024-06-04 |access-date=7 June 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> His Jan Adhikar Party is a part of the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA Alliance]] .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/up-sp-declares-7-candidates-babu-singh-kushwaha-to-contest-from-jaunpur/north/news/3179714.html|title=Babu Singh Kushwaha to contest from Jaunpur|access-date=9 May 2024|archive-date=30 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430075234/http://www.uniindia.com/up-sp-declares-7-candidates-babu-singh-kushwaha-to-contest-from-jaunpur/north/news/3179714.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/jaunpur-election-result-2024-live-updates-counting-of-votes-uttar-pradesh-lok-sabha-seat-latest-news|title=Jaunpur Election Result 2024 Live Updates: SP's Babu Singh Kushwaha Has Won This Lok Sabha Seat|website=The quint|access-date=5 June 2024|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605151606/https://www.thequint.com/news/jaunpur-election-result-2024-live-updates-counting-of-votes-uttar-pradesh-lok-sabha-seat-latest-news|url-status=live}}</ref>

After his victory, it was reported that despite being supported by muscleman politician [[Dhananjay Singh]], Bharatiya Janata Party candidate [[Kripashankar Singh|Kripa Shankar Singh]] was unable to take an edge over Kushwaha. He was defeated by over 99,000 votes. Sitting member of parliament and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shyam Singh Yadav finished in third position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-jaunpur-lok-sabha-results-2024-winner-counting-trend-lead-bjp-kripa-shanker-singh-samajwadi-party-babu-singh-kushwaha-bsp-shyam-singh-yadav-10147396.html|title=Jaunpur Results 2024: जौनपुर लोकसभा सीट पर धनंजय सिंह का साथ भी नहीं आया काम, भाजपा के कृपाशंकर सिंह हारे, सपा के बाबू जीते|website=Hindustan|accessdate=5 June 2024|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605151708/https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-jaunpur-lok-sabha-results-2024-winner-counting-trend-lead-bjp-kripa-shanker-singh-samajwadi-party-babu-singh-kushwaha-bsp-shyam-singh-yadav-10147396.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Soon after his election to Lok Sabha, he was made the deputy leader of Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha by [[Akhilesh Yadav]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/story-akhilesh-made-babu-singh-kushwaha-the-deputy-leader-in-the-lok-sabha-10585256.html|title=Babu Singh Kushwaha made the deputy leader of Samajwadi Party|accessdate=10 September 2024}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nrhm-scam-2-former-up-ministers-to-appear-before-cbi/892257/ | title=NRHM scam: 2 former UP ministers to appear before CBI | newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] | date=26 December 2011 | location=New Delhi, India}}

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