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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. He was inducted into Nitish Kumar cabinet on 15 March 2024 and was allotted the Department of Sports.




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.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Surendra Mehata
• Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry
• Bihar Legislative Assembly
• Government of Bihar
• October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency
• 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• Begusarai district