Ramdev Mahato Explained

Ramdev Mahato
Constituency:Madhubani Assembly constituency
Office:Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start:2000
Term End:2015
Party:Bhartiya Janata Party
Nationality:Indian

Ramdev Mahato is an Indian politician and a former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Madhubani Assembly constituency. He had been elected from the Madhubani constituency to the Bihar Legislative Assembly four times between 2000 and 2010. Mahato was associated with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and recognised as an influential leader of the Mithilanchal region of Bihar. In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, he left the BJP and contested the elections of the Madhubani constituency as an independent candidate, as this constituency was allotted to Vikassheel Insaan Party in a seat sharing arrangement. He returned to the BJP in 2022.[1] [2]

Political career

Mahato won Assembly elections of the Madhubani constituency in 2000, 2005, and 2010. In the 2015 election, Mahato finished second to Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Samir Kumar Mahaseth.[3] In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, he left BJP and contested as an independent candidate from the Madhubani constituency, losing to Samir Kumar Mahaseth again.[4] In 2020, Mahato had accused BJP leaders of Bihar of not giving due importance to the ground level political workers and preferring candidates with money power over others in distribution of tickets to contest the elections. Consequently, he left BJP, but returned to it in 2022 once again after suffering a setback in the 2020 Assembly elections.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: पूर्व विधायक रामदेव महतो ने फिर से थामा बीजेपी का दामन, बोले- 'पार्टी के आदेशानुसार करूंगा काम'. etv Bharat. 11 February 2022 . 20 August 2023. 20 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230820181613/https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/patna/former-mla-ramdev-mahato-joined-bjp-in-patna/bh20220211134213901. live.
  2. Web site: पूर्व विधायक रामदेव महतो की भाजपा में हुई वापसी. live Hindustan. 20 August 2023. 20 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230820181627/https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/patna/story-bjp-made-hari-sahni-the-leader-of-the-opposition-due-to-fear-of-nishad-reservation-sankalp-yatra-mukesh-sahni-8600339.html. live.
  3. Web site: मधुबनी विधानसभा सीटः क्या आरजेडी की दोबारा होगी सत्ता में वापसी?. aajtak. 25 September 2020 . 20 August 2023. 2020-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20201027192647/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/bihar-madhubani-assembly-seat-election-2020-1135744-2020-09-25. live.
  4. Web site: Ramdev Mahato candidate profile. News18. 20 August 2023. 20 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230820181647/https://hindi.news18.com/assembly-election-2020/bihar-chunav/ramdeo-mahto-s04a036c10-independent-profile/. live.
  5. Web site: चुनाव लड़ने की घोषणा:भाजपा के पूर्व विधायक रामदेव महतो ने निर्दलीय चुनाव लड़ने की घोषणा की. Bhaskar. 20 August 2023. 20 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230820181648/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/muzaffarpur/madhubani/news/former-bjp-mla-ramdev-mahato-announced-to-contest-as-an-independent-127805989.html. live.