Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta (born 2 August 1940) is an Indian politician, affiliated to the Communist Party of India. He represented the Hazaribagh constituency of Jharkhand in the 14th Lok Sabha.[1]
Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta | |
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MP | |
Constituency | Hazaribagh |
Personal details | |
Born | Hazaribagh, Jharkhand | 2 August 1940
Political party | Communist Party of India |
Spouse | Shakuntala Devi |
Children | 1 son and 4 daughters |
Residence | Hazaribagh |
As of 25 September, 2006 Source: [1] |
Mehta was born in August 2, 1940 in a poor farmer family belonging to Koeri community.[2][3][4] He worked as a coal union leader in his early days. He is known as Stalin of Jharkhand. He won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on a CPI ticket, defeating BJP's Yashwant Sinha, who served as the finance minister in the Vajpayee government. However, Mehta lost the next election to Yashwant Sinha.