{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder |image=File:Surendra Mehta Bihar.jpg | name = Surendra Mehta | office = Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources<br/> Government of Bihar | term_start = 20 November 2025 | term_end = 15 April 2026 |predecessor = Renu Devi |successor = Samrat Choudhary | office3 = Minister of Sports<br/> Government of Bihar | term_start3 = 15 March 2024 | term_end3 = 20 November 2025 | predecessor3 = Samrat Choudhary |successor3 = Shreyasi Singh | office1 = Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 2020 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Ramdeo Rai | successor1 = | constituency1 = Bachhwara | term_start2 = 2010 | term_end2 = 2015 | predecessor2 = Srikrishna Prasad Singh | successor2 = Amita Bhushan | constituency2 = Begusarai | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|05|05|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची |url=https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427090929/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |archive-date=27 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> | occupation = Politician | party = Bharatiya Janata Party }} '''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 from Barauni against Rajendra Prasad Singh of CPI and had lost by 4957 votes. He contested from Begusarai in 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 Rai of CPI.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surendra Mehata Election Result Bachhwara Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Surendra Mehata Bachhwara Seat |url=https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/surendra-mehata-bachhwara-candidate-s04a142c01/}}</ref> He was inducted into Nitish Kumar cabinet on 15 March 2024 and was allotted the Department of Sports.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=इस जाति से पहली बार मंत्री बना तो क्षेत्र में लोगों ने फूलों से लाद दिया, मालाओं से गाड़ी सजाई, स्वागत में खड़े रहे केंद्रीय मंत्री |url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/bihar/begusarai-dhanuk-caste-mla-surendra-mehta-reached-his-constituency-begusarai-bachhwara-after-becoming-minister-received-warm-welcome-8168614.html |access-date= |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehata, Surendra}} Category:State cabinet ministers of Bihar Category:Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Category:Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Bihar MLAs 2025–2030
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