Rameshwar Kumar Mahto is an Indian politician and member of the

Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Legislative assembly also known as Bihar Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...

. Mahto is a member of

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

political party.

Life and political career

Rameswar Mahto was born to Ramprakash Mahto at the Bhasar village in the

Sitamarhi Sitamarhi is the headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in Tirhut Division, Bihar. The city was named in honour of Sītā, wife of Rāma, who was born in Sitamarhi according to Hindu legends. In 1875, a subdivision for Sitamarhi was create ...

district of Bihar. He is the member of

and has remained the organisational head of the

. Mahto is an industrialist besides being a politician and he has remained associated with the party for long. Besides being a participant in active politics of the state of Bihar, he also runs business of

crockery Tableware items are the dishware and utensils used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. The term includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, serving utensils, and other items used for practical as well as decorative purposes. The ...

and marbles. Mahto has served as the district head of JD(U) for Madhubani. He is also active in social services. He has pursued B.Com and before getting elected as

Member of Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the British ( ...

, he was also actively participating in state elections for getting elected as

Member of Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several national ...

from

assembly constituency. Mahto is considered close to

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Kumar Singh, commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician, and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources ...

, a former

leader. He supported Kushwaha, when latter had raised questions on intentions of some of the leaders of JDU, who were considered close to Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest ...

; Kushwaha had alleged these leaders of plotting to destroy JDU.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahto, Rameshwar Living people Politicians from Patna Lok Sabha members from Bihar Members of the Bihar Legislative Council Janata Dal (United) politicians 1976 births