Rameshwar Kumar Mahto is an Indian politician and member of the

Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...

. Mahto is a member of

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

political party.

Life and political career

Rameswar Mahto was born to Ramprakash Mahto at the Bhasar village in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar. He is the member of

and has remained the organisational head of the

. Mahto is an industrialist besides being a politician and he has remained associated with the party for long. Besides being a participant in active politics of the state of Bihar, he also runs business of crockery and marbles. Mahto has served as the district head of JD(U) for Madhubani. He is also active in social services. He has pursued

B.Com A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanma ...

and before getting elected as Member of Legislative Council, he was also actively participating in state elections for getting elected as

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from Sitamarhi assembly constituency. Mahto is considered close to

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Singh Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Council of Bihar assembly. He was the former Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. He is former MP fro ...

, a former

leader. He supported Kushwaha, when latter had raised questions on intentions of some of the leaders of JDU, who were considered close to Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unite ...

; Kushwaha had alleged these leaders of plotting to destroy JDU.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahto, Rameshwar Living people Politicians from Patna Lok Sabha members from Bihar Members of the Bihar Legislative Council Janata Dal (United) politicians 1976 births