Abha Mahato (born 27 October 1964) is an Indian parliamentarian from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.

Personal life

Mahato was born in

Deoghar Deoghar (pronounced ''Devaghar'') is a major city in Jharkhand, India. It is a holy sacred place of Hinduism. It is one of the 12 ''Jyotirlinga''s sites of Hinduism (Baidyanath Temple). The sacred temples of the city make this a place for pil ...

(then in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

state) in 1964. She studied at Deoghar College (Bhagalpur University) from where she graduated with B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science. She married Shri

Shailendra Mahato Shailendra Mahto is an Indian politician. He was the member of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He represented twice as a Member of Parliament from Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency. Early life Shailendra Mahto was born on 11th October 1953 at a villa ...

, a former member of Lok Sabha on 27 June 1989 and 1991 of

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...

. They have two sons.

Political career

Mahato was elected to the

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and

13th Lok Sabha The 13th Lok Sabha (10 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was convened after 1999 Indian general election held during September–Oc ...

from

as a member of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. She has been a member of various Parliamentary committees on commerce, coal, textiles, women's empowerment and on laws relating to women. She left

and joined

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

on 27 February 2019.

References

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