Mukesh Sahani is an Indian politician from Bihar. He served as the Minister for Animal Husbandry & Fisheries in the Government of Bihar till 27 March 2022. He is the founder of the Vikassheel Insaan Party, a political party in Bihar. He previously worked as a Bollywood stage designer. Sahani is also owner of a company named 'Mukesh Cineworld Private Limited'. Sahani campaigned for Bharatiya Janata Party during the

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

, but later formed Vikassheel Insaan Party and his party became part of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar for

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

. They contested three Lok Sabha seats but failed to win any seats.

Early life

Sahani was born to Meena Devi and Jitan Sahani. He left Bihar at the age of 19 and moved to Mumbai. In his initial times in Mumbai, he worked as a salesman and later joined Bollywood as a set designer. Mukesh is considered as an influential leader of " Mallaah" (fisherman) community, he is also referred to as 'Son of Mallah'.

Social life

In the year 2010, Sahani started thinking about his society and community, he founded Sahani Samaj Kalyan Sanstha in Bihar. He opened two offices, one is in

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and another one is in Patna. Using this foundation, he has directed people to get well educated and gather in a circle. He was also educated to take interest in politics. In the year 2015, he founded an organisation named ''Nishad Vikas Sangh''. This organisation started working district wise to gather the community people.

Political career

He was observed by Narendra Modi and he picked him up. Sahani started campaigning for the BJP. Finally, BJP won 2014 Lok Sabha Election. However, Sahani left BJP because they did not deliver the promise of approving his community in Schedule Caste category. Later he founded a Sangh named as ishad Vikas Sanghin 2015. In 2018, he formed a party as well with the name of Vikassheel Insaan Party. The party was approved on 26 July 2018. The VIP Party of Sahani contested 2019 General Elections as an alliance in the Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance. It failed to win any seats in the elections. Later in the 2020 Legislative Elections, his party established its place in Bihar by winning four seats. In the Bihar election of 2020, his party fought along with NDA.

Personal life

Mukesh Sahani is married to Kavita Sahani, a full time Home Maker. They have two children, Ranveer & Muskan. Mukesh Sahani has a brother, Santosh Sahani and a sister, Rinku Sahani.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahani, Mukesh Living people Vikassheel Insaan Party politicians People from Khagaria district Indian production designers State cabinet ministers of Bihar Members of the Bihar Legislative Council 1981 births