Surendra Mehta | |
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Minister of Sports Government of Bihar | |
Assumed office 15 March 2024 | |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
Preceded by | Samrat Choudhary |
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Preceded by | Ramdeo Rai |
Constituency | Bachhwara |
In office 2010–2015 | |
Preceded by | Srikrishna Prasad Singh |
Succeeded by | Amita Bhushan |
Constituency | Begusarai |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | 5 May 1959
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Occupation | Politician |
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.
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]
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]
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