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{{Infobox officeholder
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| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India]]
| occupation = Politician
| nationality = Indian
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'''Devi Das Nahar''' is a [[Valmiki caste|valmiki]] activist and politician from [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab, India]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZNgVkbUtagC&q=devi+das+nahar&pg=PA279|title=Punjab 2000: Political and Socio-economic Developments|last=Singh|first=Mohinder|date=2001|publisher=Anamika Publishers & Distributors|isbn=9788186565902|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Activists hold protest over 'unkept' promises | website=The Tribune | date=2018-09-01 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/activists-hold-protest-over-unkept-promises/646094.html | access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref> He is president of Valmiki Dharam Yudh Morcha.<ref>{{cite web | title=Valmiki morcha to 'liberate' shrine | website=The Tribune | date=1999-04-27 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr27/punjab.htm#11 | access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Nahar is president of Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar), a splinter group of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] active in [[Amritsar]] area of Punjab.<ref>{{cite web | title=Activists hold protest over 'unkept' promises | website=The Tribune | date=2018-09-01 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/activists-hold-protest-over-unkept-promises/646094.html | access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Service | first=Tribune News | title=BSP (Ambedkar) members take out motorcycle rally | website=The Tribune | date=15 October 2015 | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/bsp-ambedkar-members-take-out-motorcycle-rally/134961.html | accessdate=15 October 2015}}</ref> In the 2002 legislative assembly elections in Punjab, BSP(A) put up 23 candidates, who together received 20,260 votes. The BSP(A) reunited with the BSP on 31 December 2003. In 2004, after the elections of Lok Sabha, Sh. Devi Dass Nahar along with Jia Lal Nahar, Pritam Chand and Balwant Singh Sultanpur was expelled from [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]<ref name="Zee News 2004">{{cite web | title=BSP expels four Punjab leaders including Devi Dass Nahar | website=Zee News | date=4 June 2004 | url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/bsp-expels-four-punjab-leaders-including-devi-dass-nahar_162027.html | language=la | accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref> and refloated his BSP(A) due to differences with [[Narendra Kumar Kashyap]] national general secretary of party and state president [[Avtar Singh Karimpuri]]. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, BSP(A) announced its support to the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]-BJP candidates after [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]] met with Devi Dass Nahar.<ref name="News India, Asia, World, Sports, Business, Science / Tech, Health, Entertainment, Features 2009">{{cite web | title=BSP(A) to support the SAD-BJP candidates | website=News India, Asia, World, Sports, Business, Science / Tech, Health, Entertainment, Features | date=10 May 2009 | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090510/1250753.html | accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal]]
*[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]

==References==
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