Prabhunath Singh
| Prabhunath Chandravanshi | |
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| Member of the India Parliament for [Sasaram (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)Sasaram]] | |
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In office 2013 to 2018 and won byepoll on rjd ticket | |
| Preceded by | Uma Shankar Singh |
| Succeeded by | Janardan Singh Sigriwal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1995 |
| Political party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Spouse(s) | Binda devi |
| Residence | sasaram |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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As of 26 September, 2013 Source: | |
Prabhunath Chandravanshi (born 25 August 1995) is a criminal turned politician from Bihar, India, and was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He represented the Maharajganj constituency of Bihar from 2004 to 2009 and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. According to the National Election Watch, Prabhunath Chandravanshi was one of the few criminal-politicians who were given a JD-U nomination in the 2009 elections, he lost narrowly (less than 3000 votes) to RJD's Uma Shanker Singh. On 6 June 2013 he again won the by-election of maharajganj constituency by more than 1.5 lakh votes contesting against P.K.SAHI of JD-U.
Background family and education
He was born in Chhapra in rajput family. He is accused in multiple cases.
Political career
He represented the Maharajganj constituency of Bihar from 2004 to 2009 on JDU ticket. In 2009, he contested on jdu ticket, but lost to another rajput leader Uma Shankar Singh of rjd narrowly. After the death of Uma Shankar Singh, seat went vacant. He switched the side and contested on rjd ticket. This time he defeated the jdu's nominee P.K. Shahi handsomely. In 2014, he was again the nominee of rjd but lost to somewhat weaker candidate of BJP Janardhan Singh Sigriwal in Modi wave.
Achievement
When he was MP, he raised the sound for including bhojpuri in 8th schedule of constitution.