Niranjan Kumar Mehta is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

. Mehta won from

Bihariganj Bihariganj is a city in the Madhepura district of Bihar, India. Bihariganj is located in Northeast India and is part of the Mithila region. History The ancient name of Bihariganj was "Nishankhpur Kodha". In medieval times, Bihariganj was ruled ...

Assembly constituency on the

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ticket in the

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Political career

Before becoming a Member of

, Mehta has served as Mukhiya of Madhuban Panchayat in Udakishunganj. Mehta was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly twice in 2015 and 2020 from Bihariganj Assembly constituency. This constituency is a part of Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency and veteran leader

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used to represent this region in

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. In 2020, Mehta defeated daughter of Yadav, Subhashini Yadav with a fair margin to clinch the victory for the second time. Mehta raised the issue of unfair prices of maize crop, at which the farmers of Madhepura region were forced to sell their surplus maize. He advocated fixation of fair price for the farmers in order to benefit them during surplus production of maize in his constituency. He also worked for reconstruction of Uda-Madhuban roadway, which was made during the tenure of legislator Singheswar Prasad Mehta between 1980-85. Mehta is also associated with Kushwaha Rajnaitik Vichar Manch, an organisation working for political rights of

Koeri The Koeri (spelt as Koiry or Koiri) and also referred to as Kushwaha and Maurya in several parts of North India are an Indian non-elite caste, found largely in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, whose traditional occupation was agriculture. According ...

caste.

Controversies

An audio clip of Mehta was aired in 2017, in which he was found involved in telephonic conversation with a person, who was alleging him of taking bribe in name of helping him get a government job. A complaint was also made by a person named Nandan Mehta against him in this regard.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Niranjan Kumar Living people Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Janata Dal politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 People from Madhepura district 21st-century Indian politicians