Surendra Mehta

Surendra Mehta is an Indian politician from Bihar and the current minister of Animal and fisheries and formerly Department of Sports, Government of Bihar. He is a second term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Political career

Mehta had contested his first election in 2005 [Bihar Legislative Assembly">October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2005 [Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005] from Barauni [Assembly constituency|Barauni] against Rajendra Prasad Singh of CPI and had lost by 4957 votes. He contested from Begusarai in 2010 Bihar [Legislative Assembly election|2010] and defeated his nearest rival Upendra Prasad Singh of LJP by 19,618 votes. He lost in 2015 from Begusarai to Amita Bhushan of Congress by 16,531 votes. In 2020 he had won from Bachhwara by 484 votes against Awadhesh [Kumar Rai|Awadhesh Rai] of CPI. He was inducted into Ninth [Nitish Kumar ministry|Nitish Kumar cabinet] on 15 March 2024 and was allotted the Department of Sports.