Maheshwar Hazari (born 9 October 1962) is an Indian politician and he served as the Deputy Speaker of

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. He has previously served as the Minister of Industry Department, Planning and Development Department in the state of

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. Prior to this he had charge of the Urban Development and Housing Department, in which he had done many works like Patna Metro and New Patna Map Plan. Later on, he got the charge of PWD (Building Construction Department). He won Kalyanpur (Samastipur) constituency by one of the highest margins of 52,000 votes, over a nephew of

Ram Vilas Paswan Ram Vilas Paswan (5 July 19468 October 2020) was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the First Modi ministry, first and Second Modi ministry, second Modi ministries. Pasw ...

. He is a former member of the

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, and represented

Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) Samastipur is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes. In the Legislative Assembly segment of this Lok Sabha constituency, Kushwaha, and Yadav caste are dominant ...

. He has fought 15th and 16th Loksabha. He was a three-time MLA in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Hazari is a cousin of Ram Vilas Paswan. He defeated Ram Vilas's brother Ram Chandra Paswan. His father, Ramsewak Hazari, was socialist politician and was an eight-time MLA in the Bihar Assembly, and he was elected to sixth general election as an MP in Loksabha.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hazari, Maheshwar 1972 births Living people India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Bihar Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Janata Dal (United) politicians Lok Janshakti Party politicians