Ashok Kushwaha
{{short description|Indian politician from Bihar}}
{{Not to be confused with|Ashok Kumar Singh (disambiguation){{!}}Ashok Kumar Singh}}
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|name = Ashok Kumar
|image = Dr. Ashok Kumar.jpg
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|birth_place = Sasaram, Bihar, India
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| office = Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
| constituency = Sasaram
| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 2020
| constituency1 = Sasaram
| term_start1 = 2000
| term_end1 = 2005
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Ashok Kumar better known as Ashok Kushwaha is a former Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Sasaram Assembly constituency. He was a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal, and was elected in the 2000 Bihar assembly elections as well as the 2015 Bihar assembly elections. Kumar shifted his allegiance to Janata Dal (United) (JDU) prior to 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and was made a candidate of JDU from Sasaram constituency against Rajesh Kumar Gupta of Rashtriya Janata Dal. However, he was defeated in the 2020 elections.{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/triangular-contest-due-to-shifting-loyalties/articleshow/78607774.cms|title=Bihar Assembly election 2020: Sasaram headed for triangular contest due to shifting loyalties|website=Economic Times|access-date=4 March 2023|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026070818/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/triangular-contest-due-to-shifting-loyalties/articleshow/78607774.cms|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/rohtas-sasaram-mla-ashok-kumar-hands-jdu-expelled-from-rjd-20635392.html|title=सासाराम विधायक अशोक कुमार ने थामा जदयू का हाथ, राजद से निष्काषित|website=jagran.com|accessdate=4 March 2023|archive-date=4 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304180250/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/rohtas-sasaram-mla-ashok-kumar-hands-jdu-expelled-from-rjd-20635392.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/sasaram-assembly-elections-br-208/|title=Sasaram assembly results 2020|website=one India|accessdate=4 March 2023|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102203642/https://www.oneindia.com/sasaram-assembly-elections-br-208/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/sasaram/bihar-chunav-2020-kushwaha-occupies-sasaram-seat-for-40-years-kushwaha-11-times-in-16-elections-kayastha-candidate-four-times-asj|title=Bihar Chunav 2020 : सासाराम सीट पर है 40 वर्षों से कुशवाहा का कब्जा|website=prabhat khabar|accessdate=4 March 2023|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025142849/https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/sasaram/bihar-chunav-2020-kushwaha-occupies-sasaram-seat-for-40-years-kushwaha-11-times-in-16-elections-kayastha-candidate-four-times-asj|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=664|title=ASHOK KUMAR Winner 2015|website=National Election watch|accessdate=4 March 2023|archive-date=22 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622081617/https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=664|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-sasaram-assembly-election-result-2020-ashok-kumar-rajesh-kumar-gupta-jdu-rjd-rameshwar-chaurasiya-ljp-bihar-polls-2020-662888|title=Sasaram Election Result: RJD's Rajesh Kumar Gupta defeats JDU's Ashok Kumar by a margin of over 26,000 votes|website=India Tv|accessdate=4 March 2023|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110063355/https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-sasaram-assembly-election-result-2020-ashok-kumar-rajesh-kumar-gupta-jdu-rjd-rameshwar-chaurasiya-ljp-bihar-polls-2020-662888|url-status=live}} In 2015 assembly elections, Kumar had defeated Jawahar Prasad of Bhartiya Janata Party. {{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/sasaram-assembly-seat-bihar-vidhan-sabha-election-2020-bihar-election-sasaram-seat-rjd-ashok-kumar-jdu-congress-nda-lbs-1138276-2020-09-30|title=सासाराम विधानसभा सीट:पिछले चुनाव में RJD ने बिगाड़ा था भाजपा का खेल, इस बार वापसी पर नजर|website=Aajtak|accessdate=4 March 2023|archive-date=2022-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425183740/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/sasaram-assembly-seat-bihar-vidhan-sabha-election-2020-bihar-election-sasaram-seat-rjd-ashok-kumar-jdu-congress-nda-lbs-1138276-2020-09-30|url-status=live}}