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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 01/01/1972
| birth_place = Dema, Hariharganj [[Palamu district|Palamu]]
| residence = Hussainabad Distt.-Palamu
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Hussainabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hussainabad]]
| termstart = 23 December 2014
| termend = 21 December 2019
| predecessor = [[Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav]]
| successor = [[Kamlesh Kumar Singh]]
| party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], [[All Jharkhand Students Union]] (2019-Present)
| occupation = Agriculture and Social Service, Politician
| father = Ramadhar Mehta
| spouse =
| children = 2
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 6 November 2019|
}}

'''Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta''' is the Jharkhand state legislative assembly member from [[Hussainabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]. In the 2014 general election, he was elected as MLA as [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=KUSHWAHA SHIVPUJAN MEHTA|url=http://myneta.info/jharkhand2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=159|website=myneta.info|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929133548/http://myneta.info/jharkhand2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=159|url-status=live}}</ref> He joined [[All Jharkhand Students Union]] in November 2019, and is now District level chairman of All India Kushwaha Mahasabha, Hazaribagh from 15 December 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=BSP MLA Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta joins AJSU|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-joins-ajsu/east/news/1779784.html|website=uniindia|date=4 Nov 2019|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106050059/http://www.uniindia.com/bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-joins-ajsu/east/news/1779784.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=बीएसपी से बीजेपी जा सकते हैं विधायक शिवपूजन मेहता, अटकलें तेज|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/jamshedpur-bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-may-join-bjp-before-jharkhand-assembly-election-jhnj-2558431.html|website=hindi.news18|date=29 October 2019|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106050059/https://hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand/jamshedpur-bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-may-join-bjp-before-jharkhand-assembly-election-jhnj-2558431.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

He has 5 criminal cases against him with charges of criminal intimidation, bribery, voluntarily causing grievous hurt etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta(AJSU Party):Constituency- HUSSAINABAD(PALAMU ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/jharkhand2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=11266 |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=myneta.info |archive-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026191330/https://myneta.info/jharkhand2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=11266 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Biography==
Mehta served as Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Hussainabad Assembly constituency. As an MLA, he brought a private resolution in Jharkhand Assembly for setting up industry on the land of Japla Cement Factory, in Hussainabad block of [[Palamu district]]. In 2019, unable to get assurance of government on his demand, he tendered resignation in Jharkhand Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/jharkhand/palamu/news/hussainabad-mla-kushwaha-shiv-pujan-mehta-resigns-074005-5099897.html|title=हुसैनाबाद विधायक कुशवाहा शिवपूजन मेहता का इस्तीफा|website=Bhaskar|accessdate=14 August 2023|archive-date=28 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728165934/https://www.bhaskar.com/jharkhand/palamu/news/hussainabad-mla-kushwaha-shiv-pujan-mehta-resigns-074005-5099897.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, Jharkhand unit of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] dismissed him from party for alleged anti-party activities. Mehta was sole MLA of BSP in Jharkhand then. While the BSP officials alleged him for distancing himself from the party workers and his constituency, Mehta denied the allegations. Mehta even admitted before speaker of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly [[Dinesh Oraon]] that problems of his constituency is not solved, despite the fact that he raised those issues on the floor of Legislative Assembly for a number of times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/bsp-dismisses-lone-mla-in-jharkhand/articleshow/70431922.cms|title=BSP dismisses lone MLA in Jharkhand|website=Times of India|access-date=14 August 2023|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105022401/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/bsp-dismisses-lone-mla-in-jharkhand/articleshow/70431922.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, an MP-MLA special court of Jharkhand found Mehta guilty in a case, where latter along with his supporters was accused of protesting and blocking the traffic, without permission from authorities. As per news reports, Mehta and his supporters also misbehaved with police officers. The court, in its verdict, barred them from contesting elections for six years besides monetary penalty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/jharkhand/former-jharkhand-bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-including-seven-sentenced-to-two-years-each-for-blocking-road-2327765|title=Jharkhand: झारखंड के पूर्व BSP विधायक सहित सात को दो-दो साल की सजा, छह साल तक नहीं लड़ पाएंगे चुनाव, जानें- क्या है मामला?|website=ABP news|accessdate=14 August 2023|archive-date=15 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150429/https://www.abplive.com/states/jharkhand/former-jharkhand-bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-including-seven-sentenced-to-two-years-each-for-blocking-road-2327765|url-status=live}}</ref> During the verdict, Mehta was serving as Vice President of [[All Jharkhand Students Union]] political party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/palamu-palamu-ajsu-central-vice-president-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-sentenced-to-two-years-and-not-be-able-to-contest-elections-for-6-years-23321179.html|title=Jharkhand: आजसू से केंद्रीय उपाध्यक्ष कुशवाहा शिवपूजन मेहता को दो साल की सजा, 6 साल तक नहीं लड़ पाएंगे चुनाव|website=jagran|accessdate=14 August 2023|archive-date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207190415/https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/palamu-palamu-ajsu-central-vice-president-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-sentenced-to-two-years-and-not-be-able-to-contest-elections-for-6-years-23321179.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, Mehta was also accused by a woman teacher of government middle school located in Hussainabad of giving sexual advances through the principal of her school Rajeshwar Mehta. Although, Mehta denied the charges and himself alleged some of his rivals in state education department of plotting to defame him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/teacher-accuses-hussainabad-mla-of-harassment/articleshow/69864591.cms|title=Teacher accuses Hussainabad MLA of harassment|website=Times of India|access-date=14 August 2023|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926023406/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/teacher-accuses-hussainabad-mla-of-harassment/articleshow/69864591.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Earlier, before joining All Jharkhand Students Union, it was reported that Mehta will join [[Bhartiya Janata Party]], after being expelled from BSP. In 2019, he also met former Jharkhand Chief Minister, [[Raghubar Das]] in [[Jamshedpur]]. But later, he decided to go with All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-will-join-ajsu-jhnj-2574022.html|title=बीएसपी विधायक कुशवाहा शिवपूजन मेहता आजसू में होंगे शामिल|website=News18|accessdate=14 August 2023|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815044933/https://hindi.news18.com/news/bsp-mla-kushwaha-shivpujan-mehta-will-join-ajsu-jhnj-2574022.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, Mehta was also involved in activism in 'justice for Sujit Mehta movement'. Sujit Mehta was husband of a member of [[District council (India)|Zila Parishad]] in Aurangabad district of Bihar, who was murdered by hired shooters in a revenge attack. This incident resulted in caste based clashes in between members of [[Kushwaha]] ([[Koeri]]) and [[Rajput]] caste. The caste based clashes first erupted on [[social media]] and later spread out on streets, with many areas of Aurangabad and bordering [[Palamu district]] of Jharkhand engulfed by it. Mehta organised his justice rally (''Nyay Yatra''), keeping immediate demands in front of government to arrest the culprits and dismiss Police Station incharge of the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/palamu-shivpujan-showed-strength-by-nyay-march-for-justice-sujeet-mehta-murder-case-23097759.html|title=Palamu News: जातीय तनाव के बीच शिवपूजन ने न्याय मार्च कर दिखाई ताकत, सुजीत मेहता हत्याकांड का किया विरोध|website=jagran.com|accessdate=14 August 2023|archive-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815044912/https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/palamu-shivpujan-showed-strength-by-nyay-march-for-justice-sujeet-mehta-murder-case-23097759.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/ranchi-caste-frenzy-flared-up-on-bihar-jharkhand-border-conflict-between-rajput-and-kushwaha-communities-in-palamu-23097097.html|title=Palamu News: बिहार-झारखंड के बार्डर पर भड़का जातीय उन्माद, राजपूत और कुशवाहा समुदायों के बीच भिड़ंत|website=[[Dainik Jagran]]|accessdate=12 August 2023|archive-date=12 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812194403/https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/ranchi-caste-frenzy-flared-up-on-bihar-jharkhand-border-conflict-between-rajput-and-kushwaha-communities-in-palamu-23097097.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, alleging Mehta of making controversial statements against the [[Forward Castes]], a caste body of Rajput community also organised counter protests and even submitted memorandum before local police in-charge to arrest Mehta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://liveindianews18.in/the-effigy-of-former-jharkhand-mla-shivpujan-mehta-was-burnt-in-protest-against-the-rhetoric-against-the-upper-castes-in-the-sujit-mehta-murder-case/|title=सुजीत मेहता हत्याकांड में सवर्णों के खिलाफ बयानबाजी के विरोध में झारखंड के पूर्व विधायक शिवपूजन मेहता का फूंका गया पुतला|website=News18|accessdate=14 August 2023|archive-date=19 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919053519/https://liveindianews18.in/the-effigy-of-former-jharkhand-mla-shivpujan-mehta-was-burnt-in-protest-against-the-rhetoric-against-the-upper-castes-in-the-sujit-mehta-murder-case/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians]]
[[Category:All Jharkhand Students Union politicians]]
[[Category:1972 births]]

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