Surendra Mehata

Surendra Mehata is an Indian politician from Bihar and the current minister of Sports in the Government of Bihar. He is a second term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Surendra Mehta
Minister of Sports Government of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2024
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Samrat Choudhary
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Preceded by	Ramdeo Rai
Constituency	Bachhwara
In office 2010–2015
Preceded by	Srikrishna Prasad Singh
Succeeded by	Amita Bhushan
Constituency	Begusarai
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-05) 5 May 1959 (age 66)[1]
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Occupation	Politician

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.^[2] He was inducted into Nitish Kumar cabinet on 15 March 2024 and was allotted the Department of Sports.^[3]

Personal life

Mehta belongs to Extremely Backward Dhanuk caste of Bihar. He was considered as the first cabinet minister from this caste in the Government of Bihar.^[4]