Amita Bhushan

Amita Bhushan (born 5 February 1970) is an Indian politician, representing the Begusarai^[1] constituency on a Congress ticket in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha since 2015, her first stint as MLA. She is a member of Indian National Congress.^[2] Born and brought up in Begusarai, Bhushan is a social activist and fashion designer with an MA in Psychology. Her mother was an MP and her village is cheriya bariyarpur.

Amita Bhushan
Bihar Vidhan Sabha 16th Bihar Assembly
In office 2015–2020
Preceded by	Surendra Mehta
Succeeded by	Kundan Kumar
Constituency	Begusarai Assembly constituency
President of Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress
In office 2021-Current
Personal details
Born	(1970-02-05) 5 February 1970 (age 55) Begusarai, Bihar, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	Two
Residence(s)	c/o Late (Dr) Prof. Chandra Bhanu, Mussorie Public School, Harrakh, Begusarai, Bihar
Candidate for Lok Sabha Elections 2009 from Begusarai
As of 4 April, 2009

Contributions

Moved by the plight of the common masses in the field of public health, illiteracy, sanitation, hygiene, etc., she has floated a society in the name and style of CBRKC Foundation to make contributions to the extent its resources permit. The society runs without any aid or government support.

Begusarai development data

Table 1: Development data of Begusarai^[3]

Details	2004	2008
Total population (in '000s)	2,507	2,661
Sex ratio (females per 1000 males)	915.4	920.1
Crime against women (% of total crime)	2.7	5.4
Violent crime (% of total crime)	17.9	24.9
Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	54.1	49.4
Households with electricity (% of total households)	10.7	4.7
Total literacy rate (% of total population)	50.9	54.6
Below poverty line (% of total population)	45	41.3
Work participation rate (% of total population)	32.8	34.1
Urbanization (% of total population)	3.6	2.7

Controversy

As per The Times of India, a section of Congress leaders from Bihar are questioning the party's decision to field candidates who have poor track records in elections. They have questioned the candidature of a relatively unknown face like Amita Bhushan from Begusarai from where it could have fielded former PCC chief Ram Jatan Sinha. "In several constituencies, we still look like vote-katwas," said a former Congress MLA.^[4]

Personal life

Her husband is a government servant in All-India Service.

See also

• Indian National Congress
• Begusarai
• Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)