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Mayukh Mahar is an Indian politician who is the current representative from the
Mayukh Mahar is an Indian politician who is the current representative from the Pithoragarh
Pithoragarh ( Kumaoni: ''Pithor'garh'') is a Himalayan city with a Municipal Board in Pithoragarh district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the fourth largest city of Kumaon and the largest in Kumaon hills. It is an education hub of t ...
legislative constituency in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...
State Legislative assembly. He is a member of 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 ...
. Currently, he is the MLA representing Pithoragarh State Legislative Constituency. Ethnically, he is a Kumaoni and a Kshatriya
Kshatriya ( hi, क्षत्रिय) (from Sanskrit ''kṣatra'', "rule, authority") is one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term ''kṣatriyaḥ'' is used in the con ...
Rajput. He was elected as MLA from Pithoragarh constituency for the first time in 2012. Then, in 2017 assembly elections, he got defeated by Prakash Pant
Prakash Pant was a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. He was elected from Pithoragarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 2002 to 2007 but in 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly electio ...
. Afterwards, in 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Elections, he again came to power, defeating Chandra Pant from Bharatiya Janata Party.
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