Hari Sahni Explained

Office:Minister of BC & EBC Welfare
Government of Bihar
Term Start:15 March 2024
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Nitish Kumar
Predecessor:Prem Kumar
Office1:Leader of the Opposition
Bihar Legislative Council
Term Start1:20 August 2023
Term End1:14 February 2024
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Nitish Kumar
Predecessor1:Samrat Choudhary
Successor1:Rabri Devi
Office2:Member of Bihar Legislative Council
Term Start2:22 July 2022
Predecessor2:Arjun Sahani
Constituency2:elected by Members of Legislative Assembly
Birth Date:2 March 1964
Birth Place:Bahadurpur, Darbhanga district Bihar, India
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse:Shanti Devi
Father:Baso Sahni
Residence:Patna
Alma Mater:Lalit Narayan Mithila University
Profession:Politician

Hari Sahni is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Backward Classes & Extremely Backward Classes Welfare in the Government of Bihar.[1] He had also served as the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council for 6 months from Aug-2023 to Feb-2024.[2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Bihar Legislative Council since 2022.[3]

He had been the District President of BJP Darbhanga and had contested in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Bahadurpur but had lost to Bhola Yadav of RJD by margin of 16,989 votes.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2024-03-16 . Nitish Kumar expands his cabinet, inducts 21 ministers . The Economic Times .
  2. Web site: 2023-08-20 . Bihar Politics: बीजेपी ने हरि सहनी को बनाया बिहार विधान परिषद का नेता प्रतिपक्ष, सम्राट चौधरी की लेंगे जगह . Hindustan .
  3. Web site: 2022-06-08 . Council poll: BJP names its two nominees . Hindustan Times .