A widely visited Buddhist pilgrimage center, Kushinagar is a town, nagar panchayat, district and parliamentary constituency. It is the place where Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana. A large number of political parties – Congress, BJP, BRPP, BSP, IPP, MAP, NLHD, SP, RPI – are in the fray for Kushinagar parliamentary constituency seat.
R P N Singh is representing Congress, Vijay Dubey is a BJP candidate, while Swami Prasad Maurya is contesting elections on BSP ticket from Kushinagar parliamentary constituency, Uttar Pradesh.
