11 Facts About Chhedi Paswan

Chhedi Paswan was born on 4 February 1956 and is a former member of 16th Lok Sabha and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Chhedi Paswan represented the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2014 to 2024.

Chhedi Paswan lost 1980 Bihar vidhan sabha election as member of Charan Singh faction from Chenari constituency.

Chhedi Paswan was Secretary General of the Yuva Lok Dal in Bihar between 1987 and 1989.

Chhedi Paswan lost the 1996 Lok Sabha election to Muni Lall of the BJP.

Chhedi Paswan lost Lok Sabha election from Sasaram in 1998 as member of NCP and in 1999 as member of BSP.

Chhedi Paswan was then elected to Bihar Vidhan Sabha from Chenari as member of Lalu Prasad's RJD.

Chhedi Paswan then joined Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal and lost election from Mohania seat in February 2005, and won from there in October 2005 and 2010.

Chhedi Paswan defected to the BJP in 2014 from Janata Dal after alleging party leader Nitish Kumar was acting in an autocratic manner.

Chhedi Paswan contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election and won the Sasaram seat but the victory was set aside by the Patna High Court on the grounds that his election affidavit did not mention criminal cases pending against him.

Chhedi Paswan was born on 4 February 1956 in Sasaram to Ramchandra Chhedi Paswan and Laxmina Devi.