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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Not to be confused with|Fateh Bahadur Singh| Fateh Singh (Delhi politician)}}
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'''Fateh Bahadur Singh''' commonly known as '''Fateh Bahadur Kushwaha'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/candidate-list.html|title=Election Bihar Legislative Assembly|website=Election.in|accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=25 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225113301/https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/candidate-list.html|url-status=live}}</ref> is a member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] for the [[17th Bihar Assembly]]. He was elected as a candidate of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] from the [[Dehri Assembly constituency]] of [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]] district. In the 2020 Assembly elections, he defeated [[Satyanarayan Singh Yadav|Satyanarayan Singh]] of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]], who was his nearest political rival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ndtv.in/elections/bihar-lok-sabha-election-results-2019/dehri|title=डेहरी विधानसभा चुनाव 2020|website=NDTV|accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=3 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303202128/https://ndtv.in/elections/bihar-lok-sabha-election-results-2019/dehri|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career==
Singh, who was a businessman in his earlier life, was aspiring to ticket from [[Upendra Kushwaha]]'s [[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party]] to contest from Dehri Assembly constituency in 2015. However, in 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, he was denied the ticket by the party. In 2019, the by-polls were conducted in the Dehri constituency, to fill the vacancy arising out of the revocation of the membership of Muhammad Ilyas Hussain in Bihar Legislative Assembly. Hussain was convicted in a corruption case and the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]'s candidate Satyanarayan Singh defeated the other candidate, Mohammad Firoz Husain placed by Rashtriya Janata Dal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/election-2015/cid/1327407|title=ELECTION 2015|website=The telegraph|accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=3 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303202139/https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/election-2015/cid/1327407|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-election-2020-fateh-bahadur-singh-of-rjd-will-face-off-against-bjp-candidate-satya-narayan-singh-yadav-in-dehri-seat-20962116.html|title=Dehri Election 2020 : डिहरी सीट पर राजद के फतेह बहादुर सिंह का मुकाबला भाजपा के सत्‍य नारायण सिंह यादव से|website=jagran.com|accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127030647/https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-bihar-election-2020-fateh-bahadur-singh-of-rjd-will-face-off-against-bjp-candidate-satya-narayan-singh-yadav-in-dehri-seat-20962116.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020 assembly elections, Fateh Bahadur Singh defeated Satyanarayan Singh Yadav with a margin of 464 votes. The nearest runner-up, Yadav got 63,721 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/dehri-election-results-2020-bihar-chunav-vidhan-sabha-seat-counting-dehri-seat-bjp-satyanarayan-singh-rjd-tejashwi-yadav-lbs-1159530-2020-11-10|title=Dehri Election Results 2020: डेहरी सीट पर RJD की जीत, भाजपा के सत्यनारायण को 464 वोटों से हराया|website=Aajtak|date=10 November 2020 |accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=2023-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303202132/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/dehri-election-results-2020-bihar-chunav-vidhan-sabha-seat-counting-dehri-seat-bjp-satyanarayan-singh-rjd-tejashwi-yadav-lbs-1159530-2020-11-10|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023, there was a raid by Income Tax Department on the Hotel owned by Singh. It was said to be a statewide exercise run by IT Department to clean up the administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/rohtas/sasaram/news/a-large-number-of-police-forces-reached-outside-the-hotel-of-dehri-mla-hotel-buddha-bihar-is-named-after-fateh-bahadur-singh-130574445.html|title=रोहतास में RJD विधायक के होटल पर IT रेड!:फतेह बहादुर सिंह के होटल बुद्धा बिहार पर जमा हुआ पुलिस बल, पटना से आए अधिकारी|website=Bhaskar.com|accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=29 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129065255/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/rohtas/sasaram/news/a-large-number-of-police-forces-reached-outside-the-hotel-of-dehri-mla-hotel-buddha-bihar-is-named-after-fateh-bahadur-singh-130574445.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Controversies==
He was also in controversy involving the chief councillor, Vishaka Singh; latter was accused of framing fake caste certificate of herself belonging to Extremely Backward Caste, for political gains. However, Singh had lodged a complaint against her with the [[District Magistrate]] of Rohtas in connection with the same.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gaya-rjd-mla-alleges-fake-caste-certificate-dehri-chief-councilor-said-its-a-petty-politics-21706449.html|title=जाति को ले डेहरी के राजद विधायक ने उठाई उंगली, मुख्‍य पार्षद ने कहा, ओछी राजनीति मत करिए|website=jagran.com|accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=3 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303202139/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gaya-rjd-mla-alleges-fake-caste-certificate-dehri-chief-councilor-said-its-a-petty-politics-21706449.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-rjd-mla-made-serious-allegations-against-woman-chief-councilor-wrote-letter-to-dm-for-investigation-1922366|title=बिहार: आरजेडी विधायक ने महिला मुख्य पार्षद पर लगाया गंभीर आरोप, जांच के लिए DM को लिखा पत्र|website=ABP live|date=3 June 2021 |accessdate=3 March 2023|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603094827/https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-rjd-mla-made-serious-allegations-against-woman-chief-councilor-wrote-letter-to-dm-for-investigation-1922366|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal beliefs==
Singh has publicly spoken against the expenditure done on celebration of [[Dussera]] and has condemned [[brahminical]] views on existence of 33 [[crore]] deities in [[Hinduism]]. In October 2023, he made a public statement that goddess [[Durga]] is an imaginary figure and the epic tales of her fight with army of demons is also fabricated. He also called demon king [[Mahisasura]] as a hero of [[Yadav]] caste. Singh has also questioned that when India was enslaved by the Britishers, why didn't goddess Durga fight to liberate it. Because of his views, he was criticised later by Union Minister [[Giriraj Singh]], who called his statement an attack on [[Sanatan Dharma]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/row-over-rjd-mlas-statement-that-goddess-durga-is-imaginary/article67466000.ece|title=Row over RJD MLA's statement that Goddess Durga is imaginary|website=The Hindu|date=27 October 2023 |accessdate=27 October 2023 |last1=Bhelari |first1=Amit }}</ref>

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Tanjerul Islam at 20:53, 4 April 2026