Prakash Mehta (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from
Maharashtra and a senior leader of the
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. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...
(BJP). He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit.
Prakash Mehta was the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department.
He served six consecutive terms (1990-2019) as the Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.
Early life and education
Prakash Mehta belongs to Gujarati middle-class family and is originally from Una town in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. He is married to Kishori Mehta and has 2 sons Abhishek Mehta & Harsh Mehta.
Prakash Mehta is the face of Gujarati community and is the most popular Gujarati leader in Maharashtra. Prakash Mehta was drawn to politics in his early teens and was a member of
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). During 1975-77, as a youth, he actively participated and volunteered during the
Emergency
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and
Total Revolution launched by
Jayprakash Narayan.
Political career
He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit (2013).
Prakash Mehta was the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department.
He was a member of Maharastra Legislative Assembly for six consecutive term from 1990 to 2019.
residents have been protesting since 23 October 2018 to demand solutions and action from Mehta to relocate them, which has been declared 'not fit for human habitation' by the
National Green Tribunal act
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in 2015.
He was succeeded by
Parag Shah
Parag Kishorchandra Shah is an Indian real estate developer and politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2019, he was elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Ghatkopar East constituency.
Political c ...
in
Ghatkopar East constituency in 2019.
See also
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Manohar Joshi ministry (1995–99)
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Devendra Fadnavis ministry (2014–)
Devendra Fadnavis the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in October 2014. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry
Shiv Sena joined the Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha ...
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Make in Maharashtra
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References
External links
Official website (personal) Official profile on Bharatiya Janata Party - Maharashtra website
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Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
Living people
Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014
Politicians from Mumbai
1959 births
Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra
Maharashtra MLAs 1990–1995
Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999
Maharashtra MLAs 1999–2004
Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009