Mukesh Sahani is an Indian politician from Bihar. He served as the Minister for Animal Husbandry & Fisheries in the

Government of Bihar Bihar Government is the State governments of India, state government of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Bihar and its nine Divisions of Bihar, divisions which consist of Districts of Bihar, districts. It consists of an execut ...

till 27 March 2022. He is the founder of the

Vikassheel Insaan Party Vikassheel Insaan Party is an Indian political party, formally launched on 4 November 2018, by a Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahani, who campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party during the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. They cont ...

, a political party in Bihar. He previously worked as a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

stage designer Scenic design, also known as stage design or set design, is the creation of scenery for theatrical productions including plays and musicals. The term can also be applied to film and television productions, where it may be referred to as prod ...

. Sahani is also owner of a company named 'Mukesh Cineworld Private Limited'. Sahani campaigned for

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

during the

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar Alliance group ...

, but later formed

and his party became part of Mahagathbandhan in

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for

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and vote ...

. They contested three Lok Sabha seats but failed to win any seats.

Early life

Sahani was born to Meena Devi and Jitan Sahani. He left Bihar at the age of 19 and moved to Mumbai. In his initial times in Mumbai, he worked as a salesman and later joined

as a set designer. Mukesh is considered as an influential leader of "

Mallaah The Mallaah are the traditional boatmen and fishermen tribes or communities found in North India, East India, Northeastern India and Pakistan. A significant number of Mallaah are also found in Nepal and Bangladesh. In the Indian state of Bihar ...

" (fisherman) community, he is also referred to as 'Son of Mallah'.

Social life

In the year 2010, Sahani started thinking about his society and community, he founded Sahani Samaj Kalyan Sanstha in Bihar. He opened two offices, one is in

Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth largest city and municipal corporation in the state of Bihar in India, and is considered an important city in North Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. Darbhanga ...

and another one is in

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. Using this foundation, he has directed people to get well educated and gather in a circle. He was also educated to take interest in politics. In the year 2015, he founded an organisation named ''Nishad Vikas Sangh''. This organisation started working district wise to gather the community people.

Political career

He was observed by Narendra Modi and he picked him up. Sahani started campaigning for the BJP. Finally, BJP won 2014 Lok Sabha Election. However, Sahani left BJP because they did not deliver the promise of approving his community in Schedule Caste category. Later he founded a Sangh named as ishad Vikas Sanghin 2015. In 2018, he formed a party as well with the name of

. The party was approved on 26 July 2018. The VIP Party of Sahani contested 2019 General Elections as an alliance in the Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance. It failed to win any seats in the elections. Later in the 2020 Legislative Elections, his party established its place in Bihar by winning four seats. In the Bihar election of 2020, his party fought along with NDA.

Personal life

Mukesh Sahani is married to Kavita Sahani, a full time Home Maker. They have two children, Ranveer & Muskan. Mukesh Sahani has a brother, Santosh Sahani and a sister, Rinku Sahani.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha

Bihar Legislative Assembly

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahani, Mukesh Living people Vikassheel Insaan Party politicians People from Khagaria district Indian production designers State cabinet ministers of Bihar Members of the Bihar Legislative Council 1981 births