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Rabindra Nath Mahato
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rabindra Nath Mahato is an Indian politician. He serves as Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.[1] He belongs to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
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Early life
Rabindra Nath Mahato was born in Krishnapur on 12 January 1960 in a Yadav family in his father's hometown of Patanpur Jamtara in the Indian State of Jharkhand. Rabindra Nath Mahato graduated from Bhagalpur University Bhagalpur. He completed B.ed. from Utkal University Odisha. His father is a retired primary school teacher.
Political career
He started his political career from Barawa, Jamtara Jharkhand as an independent candidate. He contested against 9-time MLA Dr. Vishweshwar Khan and lost that election.
He joined Shibu Soren during Jharkhand Movement and soon due to his leadership quality and personality he became the leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
Later he won his first election to Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Nala in 2005 but lost in 2009 before winning again in 2014 and 2019. In the Assembly election of 2019 the JMM along with INC and RJD formed the Government. Mahato was elected as the 7th speaker of Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha. As Speaker he took important measures to improve legislature. The Assembly had been experiencing frequent disruptions, Mahato took opposition leaders on board and utilized the time of debate and discourse. Recently under his direction Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha celebrated its 20th foundation day.[2]
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