| Abha Mahato | |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Deoghar, Jharkhand, India |
| Residence: | New Delhi |
| Constituency: | Jamshedpur |
| Office: | Member of Parliament |
| Predecessor: | Nitish Bharadwaj |
| Successor: | Suman Mahato |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (up to 26 February 2019)Indian National Congress (since 27 February 2019) |
| Spouse: | Shailendra Mahato (m. 1988) |
| Children: | Two |
| Source: | http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12bi50.htm |
Abha Mahato (born 27 October 1964) is an Indian parliamentarian from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.[1]
Mahato was born in Deoghar (then in Bihar state) in 1964. She studied at Deoghar College (Bhagalpur University) from where she graduated with B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science.
She married Shri Shailendra Mahato, a former member of Lok Sabha on 27 June 1989 and 1991 of Jamshedpur. They have two sons.
Mahato was elected to the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Jamshedpur as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. She has been a member of various Parliamentary committees on commerce, coal, textiles, women's empowerment and on laws relating to women. She left Bharatiya Janata Party and joined Indian National Congress on 27 February 2019.[2]