Avaneesh Kumar Singh is an Indian politician from Bihar who had served as MLA from 2010 to 2015 from Chiraia. He had previously represented Dhaka in the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2010 and 1990 to 2000 on BJP ticket.

Avaneesh Kumar Singh
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2010–2015
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byLal Babu Prasad Gupta
ConstituencyChiraia
In office
2005–2010
Preceded byManoj Kumar Singh
Succeeded byPawan Jaiswal
ConstituencyDhaka
In office
1990–2000
Preceded byMotiur Rahman
Succeeded byManoj Kumar Singh
ConstituencyDhaka

In 2013, despite being a BJP legislator Avaneesh Kumar Singh had opposed Narendra Modi's candidature as Prime Ministerial candidate and had supported Nitish Kumar due to which the BJP suspended him for anti-party activities.[1][2] He joined Janata Dal (United) with his supporters and was given ticket to contest to 2014 Lok Sabha election from Purvi Champaran.[3] However he came a distant third and even failed to save his deposit.

References

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  1. ^ "Nitish's developmental model way better than Modi's: BJP legislator". Firstpost. 12 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Two BJP MLAs suspended for praising CM Nitish Kumar". Firstpost. 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Suspended BJP MLA Avanish Kumar Singh joins JD(U) in Bihar". News18. 6 March 2014.