He was nominated by the Janata Dal (United) as its candidate to fill the vacancy of the post caused by end of the tenure of another leader of the party.

To bring all Kushwaha leaders under one umbrella for better political outcomes, some of the veteran politicians were given high posts in the newly formed party.

Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha too protested against this decision and left RLSP to join the JD(U) with 35 state level office bearers and at least 1200 workers of the party.

In the presence of JD(U)'s contemporary state president, Bashistha Narain Singh, Kushwaha hailed his decision to part his ways with RLSP.

[14] In 2020 elections to Bihar Legislative Assembly, after being denied ticket from JD(U), he contested from the Lok Janshakti Party in the Jagdishpur constituency.

In a tripartite battle between JDU, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Lok Janshakti Party, he lost to Ram Vishun Singh of RJD.

In this particular incident, some supporters of Indian People Front attacked a group of Rajput caste men, who were returning to their village from a rally organised by Bhartiya Janata Party.

The deceased was regional head of Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh (ABRKM), a body of upper caste landlords.

A First Information Report registered by the victim's father named Nathuni Yadav, the former Mukhiya as another conspirator apart from Kushwaha.