Satish Mahana Explained

Satish Mahana
Office:18th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Yogi Adityanath
Term Start:29 March 2022
Deputy:Vacant
Predecessor:Hriday Narayan Dikshit
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Yogi Adityanath
Term Start1:19 March 2017
Termend1:25 March 2022
Predecessor1:Akhilesh Yadav
Successor1:Nand Gopal Gupta
Office2:Minister of Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, MSME and Export Promotion
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Term Start2:17 June 2019
Term End2:21 August 2019
Successor2:Sidharth Nath Singh
Predecessor2:Satyadev Pachauri
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Yogi Adityanath
Office3:Minister of State for Urban Development
Government of Uttar Pradesh
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
Term Start3:23 October 1997
Term End3:8 March 2002
Office4:Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start4:8 March 2012
Predecessor4:Constituency established
Constituency4:Maharajpur
Term Start5:1991
Term End5:2012
Constituency5:Kanpur Cantonment
Predecessor5:Ganesh Dixit
Successor5:Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria
Birth Date:14 October 1960
Birth Place:Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Children:2
Education:Kanpur University (B.Sc.)
Source:http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/17010/18

Satish Mahana (born 14 October 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Currently, he is serving as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He is a seven time MLA from Kanpur Cantt, having served since the 11th Legislative Assembly, and currently represents Maharajpur constituency of Kanpur. He participated in the 2009 general elections as a BJP candidate from Kanpur. He was the Vice Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in 16th Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh[1] and he is a former coordinator of Bajrang Dal youth wing of Vishva Hindu Parishad at Kanpur Purvottar District.

Early life and education

Mahana was born on 14 October 1960 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to his father Ram Avtar Mahana, in a Hindu Khatri family. In 1981 he married Anita Mahana, they have one son Karan Mahana and one daughter Neha Mahana. He did his early schooling from St. Joseph's Senior Secondary School, Kanpur. He attended the Kanpur University and attained Bachelor of Science degree.[2] [3]

Political career

Mahana has been MLA for 8 straight terms. He served as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Developing from 27 October 1997 to 8 March 2002 but because of his good work he was again given the post of Minister of State for Housing. After 2012, he represents Maharajpur (Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency) of Kanpur Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. In 2017 elections, he defeated his nearest rival Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Manoj Kumar Shukla by a record margin of 91,826 votes.[4] [5]

In March 2017, he was appointed Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath Cabinet. He got ministry of Industrial Development in Uttar Pradesh Government. The slogan 'Jiske Sath Jamana hai, uska naam mahana hai' is also related to him.

Posts held

From To Position Comments
01March 2022IncumbentSpeaker of Legislative Assembly
02March 2022IncumbentMember, 18th Legislative Assembly
03 March 2017 March 2022 Cabinet Minister for Industrial Development First Yogi Adityanath ministry
04 March 2017 March 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
05March 2012 March 2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
06May 2007 March 2012 Member, 15th Legislative Assembly
07February 2002 May 2007 Member, 14th Legislative Assembly
08October 1997 March 2002 Minister of State for Housing, Urban Development
091996 2002 Member, 13th Legislative Assembly
10 1993 1995
11 1991 1992

Notes and References

  1. News: Would withdraw my name if BJP fields Joshi from Kanpur: Mahana. 10 March 2014. Zee News. 3 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Candidate affidavit. Myneta.info. 3 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Member Profile. Official website of Legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh. 3 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Maharajpur (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2017. Election.in. 3 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Maharajpur Assembly Constituency Election Result. Result University. 3 September 2019.