Surendra Mehata Explained

Surendra Mehta
Office:Minister of Sports
Government of Bihar
Term Start:15 March 2024
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Nitish Kumar
Predecessor:Samrat Choudhary
Office1:Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:2020
Predecessor1:Ramdeo Rai
Constituency1:Bachhwara
Term Start2:2010
Term End2:2015
Predecessor2:Srikrishna Prasad Singh
Successor2:Amita Bhushan
Constituency2:Begusarai
Birth Date:5 May 1959[1]
Occupation:Politician
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party

Surendra Mehata is an Indian politician from Bihar and the current minister of Sports in the Government of Bihar. He is a second term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Political career

Mehta had contested his first election in 2005 from Barauni against Rajendra Prasad Singh of CPI and had lost by 4957 votes. He contested from Begusarai in 2010 and defeated his nearest rival Upendra Prasad Singh of LJP by 19,618 votes. He lost in 2015 from Begusarai to Amita Bhushan of Congress by 16,531 votes. In 2020 he had won from Bachhwara by 484 votes against Awadhesh Rai of CPI.[2] He was inducted into Nitish Kumar cabinet on 15 March 2024 and was allotted the Department of Sports.[3]

Personal life

Mehta belongs to Extremely Backward Dhanuk caste of Bihar. He was considered as the first cabinet minister from this caste in the Government of Bihar.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची . Bihar Vidhan Sabha . https://web.archive.org/web/20230427090929/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf . 27 April 2023 . live.
  2. Web site: Surendra Mehata Election Result Bachhwara Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Surendra Mehata Bachhwara Seat .
  3. Web site: 2024-03-21 . इस जाति से पहली बार मंत्री बना तो क्षेत्र में लोगों ने फूलों से लाद दिया, मालाओं से गाड़ी सजाई, स्वागत में खड़े रहे केंद्रीय मंत्री . News18 हिंदी . hi.
  4. Web site: इस जाति से पहली बार मंत्री बना तो क्षेत्र में लोगों ने फूलों से लाद दिया, मालाओं से गाड़ी सजाई, स्वागत में खड़े रहे केंद्रीय मंत्री . news18. 21 March 2024 .