Kushwaha was a resident of Sithmara village of the Derapur block, located in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh.

Born to Lalta Prasad Kushwaha in the year 1941, he was reported to be a ground level leader, who liked to work between the people.

[1][2] He entered the state level politics in the year 1977, when he was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time on the symbol of Janata Party.

He defeated Ram Pal Singh Yadav, who was the runner up candidate and contested in this election as a member of Indian National Congress.

In the 1985 elections, Kushwaha contested as a candidate of Lok Dal.He reached the peak of his political career in 1989 by defeating Chaudhary Ram Pal Singh of Indian National Congress and becoming the MLA for fourth time from Derapur Assembly constituency.