Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta | |
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Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Preceded by | Devendra Kumar Singh |
Constituency | Panki |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence(s) | Jharkhand,India |
Occupation | Politician |
Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta,also known as S.B.P. Mehta,is an Indian politician and an MLA elected from Panki Assembly constituency of Jharkhand state as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and 2024. [1] [2]
In 2024,he was made the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party once again from the Panki Assembly constituency,which he retained successfully after defeating independent candidate Devendra Kumar Singh,the runner-up. [3] He defeated Singh with a margin of 9,796 votes. The Indian National Congress candidate Lal Suraj was the second runner-up. [4]
Mehta was associated with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha political party before joining BJP. [5] He owns the Oxford Group of Institutions—a chain of schools spread across Ranchi and Palamu,which includes Oxford Public School of Ranchi. [6] He was the main accused in the murder of Suchitra Mishra,the warden of Oxford Public School in Ranchi,of which he was director at the time. [7] However,he was acquitted later in this case. [8]