Sudama Prasad

Sudama Prasad is and Indian politician and member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was elected as the representative of the Tarari constituency in 2015. Prasad is a member of principal state committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation.

Sudama Prasad
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
Preceded by	Sunil Pandey
Constituency	Tarari
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation

Political career

Prasad became active in the Bhojpur district of Bihar from 1997 onwards, belonging to the category of Other Backward Class (OBC). He later became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation and was elected to its state committee.[1] He was also accused in the murder case of an upper caste landlord which went to the Supreme Court of India, the court however acquitted him with the ruling stating that he was victimised by the accusation and that the witnesses had given false testimonies to the court.[2]

In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation fielded him as the candidate for the Tarari constituency and he was subsequently elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[3] The victory was seen as a regaining of a traditional stronghold of the party that had come under the domination of landlord backed candidates.[4] He had also later supported the successful campaign of the Dalit activist and independent candidate Jignesh Mevani for the Vadgam assembly constituency in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.[5][6]

As a member of the legislative assembly, Prasad has participated in several agitations and highlighted concerns on issues such as demands for adequate prices of makka (Maize),[7] the Dalit Asmita Yatra called in the aftermath of the 2016 Una flogging incident,[8] and mob lynchings incidents in the state.[9] Following the 2019 Bihar floods, he had visited flood hit areas in his constituency and organised new housing for villagers in flooded areas.[10] Prasad participated in organising rescue operations with party workers between 18–24 July.[11] According to him, the Nitish Kumar government had not initiating adequate measures for relief and rescue.[12]

References

1. Chaudhary, Pranava Kumar (17 October 2015). "'Leftist' Tarari talks more of caste than communism - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
2. Ashirwad Mahaprashasta, Ajoy (29 June 2012). "Back to Bathani Tola". Frontline. The Hindu. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
3. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
4. Srivastava, Arun (18 November 2015). "Significant show by CPI(ML) in Bihar". Navhind Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017.
5. Swamy, V. Kumara (14 January 2020). "'The BJP has divided the nation, my job is to sew it up'". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018.
6. "Should BJP be worried about Gujarat?". The Indian Express. 17 August 2016.
7. Tirkey, Anil (19 March 2018). "विधानसभा में राजद और माले का हंगामा" [Agitations by RJD and ML in the legislative assembly]. Ranchi Express. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
8. Jha, Satish (12 August 2016). "Dalit Asmita Yatra: Crowds brave rain, new leaders take centrestage". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
9. Khan, Mohd. Imran (22 July 2019). "Protests by MLAs and MLCs in Bihar Assembly Over Mob Lynchings". NewsClick. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
10. "बाढ़ पीड़ितों का दर्द : जिस आशियाने से उनकी वर्षों की यादें जुड़ी थी, वो जमींदोज हो चुकी है" [Flood victims' pain: The land which their years of memories were attached have become worthless]. Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi). Retrieved 7 October 2020.
11. "Bihar floods: Death toll reaches 67; water levels recede but more areas affected". The Financial Express. Press Trust of India. 17 July 2019.
12. "'Misplaced priorities': Sushil Modi draws flak for meeting Hrithik Roshan as Bihar grapples with floods". The Financial Express. 18 July 2019.