Devi Das Nahar

Devi Das Nahar is a valmiki activist and politician from Amritsar district, Punjab, India.^[1][2] He is president of Valmiki Dharam Yudh Morcha.^[3]

Devi Das Nahar
Personal details
Born	Amritsar, Punjab, India
Occupation	Politician

Political career

Nahar is president of Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar), a splinter group of the Bahujan Samaj Party active in Amritsar area of Punjab.^[4][5] In the 2002 legislative assembly elections in Punjab, BSP(A) put up 23 candidates, who together received 20,260 votes. The BSP(A) reunited with the BSP on 31 December 2003. In 2004, after the elections of Lok Sabha, Sh. Devi Dass Nahar along with Jia Lal Nahar, Pritam Chand and Balwant Singh Sultanpur was expelled from Bahujan Samaj Party^[6] and refloated his BSP(A) due to differences with Narendra Kumar Kashyap national general secretary of party and state president Avtar Singh Karimpuri. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, BSP(A) announced its support to the SAD-BJP candidates after Sukhbir Singh Badal met with Devi Dass Nahar.^[7]

See also

• Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal
• Bahujan Samaj Party

References

1. Singh, Mohinder (2001). Punjab 2000: Political and Socio-economic Developments. Anamika Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 9788186565902.
2. "Activists hold protest over 'unkept' promises". The Tribune. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
3. "Valmiki morcha to 'liberate' shrine". The Tribune. 27 April 1999. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
4. "Activists hold protest over 'unkept' promises". The Tribune. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
5. Service, Tribune News (15 October 2015). "BSP (Ambedkar) members take out motorcycle rally". The Tribune. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
6. "BSP expels four Punjab leaders including Devi Dass Nahar". Zee News (in Latin). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
7. "BSP(A) to support the SAD-BJP candidates". News India, Asia, World, Sports, Business, Science / Tech, Health, Entertainment, Features. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2015.