Babu Singh Kushwaha

Babu Singh Kushwaha (born 7 May 1966) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, serving as chief of the Jan Adhikar Party and former Family Welfare Minister in the Uttar Pradesh government under Mayawati.

He was at the center of controversy in the NRHM scam and was alleged to have killed two chief medical officers.

Kushwaha has worked for the Bahujan Samaj Party.

He was for years perceived as the closest to Mayawati.

He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, and cabinet minister twice.

Kushwaha was the second most powerful person in the Bahujan Samaj Party.

After the successive murders of two medical officers in Lucknow blew the lid off the giant National Rural Health Mission scam.

He had held the portfolio of Family Welfare and Mining Department before resigning.

Kushwaha joined BJP in presence of senior leaders Vinay Katiyar and Surya Pratap Shahi, but his induction resulted in voices of dissent in the party, after which he wrote a letter to the BJP national president Nitin Gadkari requesting him to suspend his membership until proven innocent.

Kushwaha formed the political party Jan Adhikar Party.

His Jan Adhikar Party was a part of the coalition Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections.

Party did not manage to win any seats in the elections and got less than 1% of votes in Uttar Pradesh.

Kushwaha belonged to a farming family in Pakhrauli village of Banda district, graduated in 1985.

After this, he started his life by putting a dump in Atarra.

In April 1988, he came in contact with BSP founder Kanshi Ram.

Kanshi Ram called him to Delhi.

Within six months, he was promoted and sent to do organization work in Lucknow office.

He became District President of Banda in 1993.

In 2003, he was made the Minister of Panchayati Raj by BSP.

In 2007, when BSP came to power with an absolute majority, Kushwaha got important departments like minerals, appointments, cooperatives.

When the Department of Family Welfare was formed, this department was also handed over to him.