[2] The Kuer Sena was one of the first of the caste-based militias to emerge in Bihar during the early years of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency.
[3] It was founded by the Rajput farmer and coal businessman Rajnath Singh, who was also an affiliate of the Indian National Congress (INC) party.
[3] While it initially had innocent aims, it eventually grew into persecuting the people of the lower-caste who had Naxalite affiliations.
[3] He was eventually elected as an MLA for the Jagdispur area and his tenure was mired by atrocities against the so-called "lower castes".
[3] The Rajputs soon started to band around a new caste-based militia known as the Sunlight Sena which was formed in the early 1990s and allied with Muslim landlords in the region.