# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/upendra-kushwaha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:08:57.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/upendra-kushwaha"
name: "Upendra Kushwaha"
slug: "upendra-kushwaha"
description: "Upendra Kumar Singh, commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha is an Indian politician, and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. Kushwaha is a former Member of Parliament (MP) from the Karakat constituency in Rohtas district, Bihar, and a member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the founder and president of Rashtriya Samata Party (RSP), which merged into Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in 2009. Later, he formed Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), which also merged with JD(U) in 2021. On 20 February 2023, Kushwaha resigned from all positions in JD(U) and formed his own party called Rashtriya Lok Morcha due to his political problems with JD(U) and Nitish Kumar. Kushwaha contested the Lok Sabha election of 2024 from Karakat constituency and finished at a distant third position. However, he was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in August 2024. He was re-elected in 2026."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Minister_of_State_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Upendra_Kushwaha_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_Kala_Utsav-2016%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-06-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump