Satish Mahana (born 14 October 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of the

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. Currently, he is serving as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He is a seven time MLA from Kanpur Cantt, having served since the 11th Legislative Assembly, and currently represents Maharajpur constituency of Kanpur. He participated in the 2009 general elections as a BJP candidate from Kanpur. He was the Vice Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in 16th Vidhan Sabha of

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and he is a former coordinator of

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youth wing of

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at Kanpur Purvottar District.

Early life and education

Mahana was born on 14 October 1960 in Kanpur,

to his father Ram Avtar Mahana. He belongs to the

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community. In 1981 he married Anita Mahana, they have one son Karan Mahana and one daughter Neha Mahana. He did his early schooling from St. Joseph's Senior Secondary School, Kanpur. He attended the

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and attained

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degree.

Political career

Mahana has been MLA for 8 straight terms. He served as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Developing from 27 October 1997 to 8 March 2002 but because of his good work he was again given the post of Minister of State for Housing. After 2012, he represents

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. In 2017 elections, he defeated his nearest rival Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Manoj Kumar Shukla by a record margin of 91,826 votes. In March 2017, he was appointed Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath Cabinet. He got ministry of

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.The Slogan 'Jiske Sath Jamana hai, uska naam mahana hai' also related to him.

Posts held

References

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