A former close supporter of outgoing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Upendra Kushwaha helped NDA make inroads in backward castes voters in Bihar in the current Lok Sabha poll.
Elevated to the post of Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly in 2004 in his very first outing as MLA from Jandaha in Vaishali district by Nitish Kumar, 54-year-old Kushwaha later fell out with Kumar.
After unsuccessfully experimenting with NCP as its state chief, Kushwaha later mended ways with Kumar who sent him to Rajya Sabha in 2010.
But, the rapproachment did not last long and Kushwaha ultimately quit JD(U) and also vacated Rajya Sabha seat.
He formed Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) on March 3, 2013 to launch agitation against Kumar.
His anti-Nitish Kumar tirade earned him a place in NDA with RLSP reaching seat-sharing with BJP.
RLSP won all the three seats of Karakat, Jehanabad and Sitamarhi. Kushwaha himself triumphed from Karakat seat.
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