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{{Short description|First agriculture minister of the state of Jharkhand}}
'''Dev Dyal Kushwaha''' was an Indian politician, who served as first agriculture minister for the state of [[Jharkhand]], after its formation. He was appointed as Minister for Agriculture in first Jharkhand government, which was led by [[Babu Lal Marandi]]. Kushwaha was a leader of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]], who represented [[Hazaribagh Assembly constituency|Hazaribagh Sadar Assembly constituency]] as Member of Legislative Assembly for three times. Before joining active politics he was associated with [[pedagogy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/hazaribagh-former-jharkhand-government-minister-devdiyal-kushwaha-passes-away-1552000.html|title=झारखंड सरकार के पूर्व कृषि मंत्री देवदयाल कुशवाहा का निधन|website=News18|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415201637/https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/hazaribagh-former-jharkhand-government-minister-devdiyal-kushwaha-passes-away-1552000.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/hazaribagh-former-agriculture-minister-devi-dayal-kushwaha-got-last-rite-with-state-honor-in-hazaribagh-jhnj-1552979.html|title=पंचतत्व में विलीन हुए सूबे के पहले कृषि मंत्री देवी दयाल कुशवाहा|website=News18|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628234552/https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/hazaribagh-former-agriculture-minister-devi-dayal-kushwaha-got-last-rite-with-state-honor-in-hazaribagh-jhnj-1552979.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Kushwaha won the assembly elections of 1990, 1995 and 2000 from Hazaribagh Assembly constituency. Besides, Babu Lal Marandi's cabinet, he also served as a minister in [[Arjun Munda]]'s cabinet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.com/news/agencies/former-jharkhand-minister-devdayal-kushwaha-passes-away-3386089/|title=Former Jharkhand minister Devdayal Kushwaha passes away|website=India.com|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192012/https://www.india.com/news/agencies/former-jharkhand-minister-devdayal-kushwaha-passes-away-3386089/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/hazaribagh/story-jharkhand-39-s-first-agriculture-minister-devdayal-kushwaha-39-s-third-death-anniversary-being-celebrated-4846409.html|title=झारखंड के प्रथम कृषि मंत्री देवदयाल कुशवाहा की तीसरी पुण्यतिथि मनाई जा रही|website=Live Hindustan|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192013/https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/hazaribagh/story-jharkhand-39-s-first-agriculture-minister-devdayal-kushwaha-39-s-third-death-anniversary-being-celebrated-4846409.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005 Jharkhand Assembly elections, he was defeated by [[Saurabh Narain Singh]]— the grandson of [[Kamakhya Narain Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jharkhand-classy-mla-looks-to-dazzle-hazaribagh-electorate/articleshow/4346392.cms|title=Classy MLA looks to dazzle Hazaribagh|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192011/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jharkhand-classy-mla-looks-to-dazzle-hazaribagh-electorate/articleshow/4346392.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| name =Dev Dayal Kushwaha
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| birth_date =2 January 1936
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| office1 = Member of the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
|constituency1= [[Hazaribagh Assembly constituency]]
|term_start1 = 1990
| term_end1 =2005
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| party =[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[All Jharkhand Students Union]]
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==Biography==
Born on 2 January 1936, Kushwaha was educated at Mahesara Middle School and later moved to Hazaribagh for his higher education. In 1955, he started working as a teacher and after some years, in 1969, he contested local bodies elections from Mahesara [[Panchayat]].{{cn|date=August 2023}} He was elected as Sarpanch (chief of rural local government) in 1972 and 1978. In 1980, he assumed the membership of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]. Soon after joining BJP, he contested the legislative assembly elections in 1985, but was defeated. However, Kushwaha was able to win 1990 Assembly elections from Hazaribagh Assembly constituency as a candidate of BJP later. He followed this victory with two consecutive victories in assembly elections from same constituency in 1995 and 2000. He served as agriculture minister first and thereafter, he was also allotted Food and Civil Supplies and Building Construction department. Kushwaha shared good relationship with other BJP leaders like [[Kailashpati Mishra]] and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]. He was arrested and imprisoned several times for being a part of Vananchal Movement, a movement demanding separate state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/devdayal-kushwaha-passed-away-in-hazaribagh-01078327.html|title=झारखण्ड के प्रथम कृषि मंत्री का निधन, राजनीतिक हस्तियों ने जताया दुख|website=Bhaskar|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192011/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/devdayal-kushwaha-passed-away-in-hazaribagh-01078327.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Later, due to his dispute with Hazaribagh Member of Parliament, [[Yashwant Sinha]], he defected from BJP along with another politician [[Loknath Mahto]]. They both joined [[All Jharkhand Students Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/devidayal-kushwaha-set-for-bjp-return-after-quitting-ajsu-party/articleshow/38118262.cms|website=The Times of India|title=Devidayal Kushwaha set for BJP return after quitting Ajsu Party|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926043154/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/devidayal-kushwaha-set-for-bjp-return-after-quitting-ajsu-party/articleshow/38118262.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> During his tenure as Food and Civil Supplies minister in 2003, a food crisis erupted in Jharkhand, due to lack of coordination between Bihar State Food Corporation and [[Food Corporation of India]]. Since, Jharkhand was formed few years back bifurcating the state of Bihar, a separate State Food Corporation of Jharkhand was not existing and lack of coordination with Bihar State Food Corporation had created severe food shortage in the state. Kushwaha took steps to counter the situation. He also took steps to sort out the debt trap situation faces by [[cooperative bank]]s of the state. Besides, he ensured that the formation of [[Land Development Bank]] shouldn't take place in Jharkhand, until the cooperative banks of state attain a healthy balance sheet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/empty-granary-rings-hunger-alarm/cid/818105|title=Empty granary rings hunger alarm|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192011/https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/empty-granary-rings-hunger-alarm/cid/818105|url-status=live}}</ref> As agriculture minister, Kushwaha was also involved in a dispute with officials of agriculture department over a contractual appointment in [[World Bank]]-sponsored Agricultural Technology Management Agency (Atma) scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/minister-fights-crew-in-farm-job-row-dev-dayal-kushwaha-questions-contractual-appointments-agriculture-department-sore/cid/835266|title=Minister fights crew in farm job row - Dev Dayal Kushwaha questions contractual appointments, agriculture department sore|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192011/https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/minister-fights-crew-in-farm-job-row-dev-dayal-kushwaha-questions-contractual-appointments-agriculture-department-sore/cid/835266|url-status=live}}</ref> Kushwaha was also an enthusiastic supporter of the rights of peasants and labourers and he participated in several farmers' right movements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/hazaribagh-ex-minister-devi-dayal-kuswaha-died-18545341.html|title=झारखंड के प्रथम कृषि मंत्री देवदयाल कुशवाहा का निधन|website=jagran.com|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103204345/https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/hazaribagh-ex-minister-devi-dayal-kuswaha-died-18545341.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His inclusion into Arjun Munda's cabinet in 2004 was criticised by opposition leaders on the ground that a non bailable warrant was pending against him at the time of his appointment to the office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/opp-sting-for-munda-team-parties-cry-foul-over-hazaribagh-legislator-s-inclusion/cid/726198|title=Opp. sting for Munda team - Parties cry foul over Hazaribagh legislator's inclusion|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=10 August 2023}}</ref>

Kushwaha died in 2018, at a hospital in [[Ranchi]]. He was suffering from breathing problem and was being diagnosed therein. His funeral was attended by several politicians of the Jharkhand, which includes, [[Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta]] and Yashwant Sinha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/hazaribagh/1215979|title=Jharkhand's former minister dies|accessdate=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192529/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/hazaribagh/1215979|url-status=live}}</ref> In his lifetime, Kushwaha was an active member of Jharkhand unit of Kushwaha Mahasabha— an organisation working for socio-political rights of [[Kushwaha]] caste.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/JHA-BOK-MAT-latest-bokaro-news-021002-348443-NOR.html|title=राजनीतिक प्रतिनिधित्व करें कुशवाहा समाज के लोग : मेहता|website=Bhaskar|accessdate=18 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418191003/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/JHA-BOK-MAT-latest-bokaro-news-021002-348443-NOR.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Upendra Kushwaha]]
*[[Samrat Choudhary]]
*[[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
*[[Swami Prasad Maurya]]
*[[Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma]]

==References==
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 1995–2000]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 1990–1995]]
[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2000–2005]]
[[Category:People from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:2018 deaths]]

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Ajay Kumar at 09:39, 12 August 2023