Baidyanath Prasad Mahto

Baidyanath Prasad Mahto (2 June 1947 – 28 February 2020) was an Indian Politician and a Member of Indian Parliament to the 15th and 17th Lok Sabha.^[3] He won the 2009 and 2019 Indian general election from Valmiki Nagar constituency being a Janata Dal (United) candidate.^[4][5] He was earlier elected three times to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Nautan. He was also Minister of Rural Development Department From 2005 to 2008 in Bihar Government.^[6][7]

Baidyanath Prasad Mahto[1]
Former Deputy-Leader of Janata Dal (United) in Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – 28 February 2020
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Vice President	Venkaiah Naidu
Preceded by	Satish Chandra Dubey
Succeeded by	Sunil Kumar
Ministry of Rural Development Department Bihar Government
In office October 2005 – August 2008
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Member, Committee of chemical and fertilizer Indian Government
In office August 2009 – May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Member, Committee of papers Laid on Tables Indian Government
In office September 2009 – May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Member, Committee of Rural Development Indian Government
In office 18 August 2019 – 28 February 2020
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2019 – 28 February 2020
Preceded by	Satish Chandra Dubey
Constituency	Valmiki Nagar
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Satish Chandra Dubey
Constituency	Valmiki Nagar
Personal details
Born	(1947-06-02)2 June 1947 pakadiya, bahoranpur, panchayat-pakadiya, Block- Nautan, West Champaran, India
Died	28 February 2020(2020-02-28) (aged 72)[2] New Delhi
Political party	Janata Dal (United)
Spouse	Sudama Devi
Children	4 (Sunil Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Sunita Bharti)
Occupation	Politician

Life

Baidyanath Prasad Mahto was Branch Manager, in National Co-operative Bank, Bettiah (Bihar) in the years 1992-95 and after that he resigned from bank manager post and became active in party politics. He also fought and lost MLA election in 1995 as Samata Party candidate and finished with second position from Nautan. After that he contested elections again in 2000 as Samata Party candidate and won from Nautan (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[8] Following the death of Baidyanath Prasad Mahto without completing his term as Member of Parliament, his son Sunil Kumar won the By-election conducted to fill the vacancy on Valmikinagar seat in 2020 on Janata Dal (United) ticket. He defeated Pravesh Kumar Mishra of Congress.^[9][10]

Political career

• 1995: SAP Candidate From Nautan (lost, 2nd Position)
• 2000: SAP Candidate From Nautan (Won First Time as MLA)
• 2005 (February and October): JDU Candidate From Nautan (Won 2nd and 3rd Time as MLA)
• 2005–2008: Rural Development Minister, Bihar
• 2009–2014: MP Valmikinagar as JDU Candidate
• Chief Whip (Jdu Lok Sabha) MP Valmikinagar
• Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Member, Committee on Papers Laid on Table
• 2014: Lost MP election
• 2019: Deputy leader of Janata Dal (United) in Lok Sabha, MP from Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency) and Member of Rural Department^[11][12]