Sita Sinha (also known as Sita Sinha Kushwaha) is an Indian politician and former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. She was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1995 on the symbol of Janata Dal.[1][2]
Life
editSinha was a member of Janata Dal and she was active in the Samastipur district of Bihar. She was a member of Koeri caste, which is distributed throughout the Kalyanpur, Samastipur Assembly constituency. Sinha won the 1995 Assembly elections in the constituency which frequently saw political contest between Koeris and Bhumihars.[3][1]She was also once associated with Janata Dal (United). However, she left the party citing indiscipline and lack of scope for devoted political workers in the party. In her resignation letter she also accused JDU of being a B-Team of Rashtriya Janata Dal.[4]
Sinha was also associated with Rashtriya Janata Dal and she was a minister in Government of Bihar in RJD's government. She was made the minister for social welfare and also served as a member of social welfare board. She later joined Bharatiya Janata Party.[5]
In 2020, she was made the director of Bharatiya Ispat Nigam limited, a public sector company of Government of India working in steel sector.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Kalyanpur Election Result 2020: जेडीयू के महेश्वर हजारी जीते, भाकपा माले को दी मात". Aajtak. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "कल्याणपुर सीटः 1990 के बाद कांग्रेस को नहीं मिली जीत, इस बार जदयू बचा पाएगी सीट?". Aajtak. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Election Results". Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Sita Sinha left JDU". Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Sita Sinha became director of steel corporation of India limited". Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.