Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta

Summary

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
MP
ConstituencyHazaribagh
Personal details
Born (1940-08-02) 2 August 1940 (age 83)
Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseShakuntala Devi
Children1 son and 4 daughters
ResidenceHazaribagh
As of 25 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Biography edit

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.

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References edit

  1. ^ "BHUBNESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA(Communist Party of India(CPI)):Constituency- Hazaribagh(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "In Hazaribagh, they still talk of the Mahto meeting". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "राजनीतिक प्रतिनिधित्व करें कुशवाहा समाज के लोग : मेहता". Bhaskar. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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