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|image=File:Surendra Mehta Bihar.jpg<br />
| name = Surendra Mehta<br />
| office = Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources<br/><br />
[[Government of Bihar]]<br />
| term_start = 20 November 2025<br />
| term_end = 15 April 2026<br />
|predecessor = [[Renu Devi]]<br />
|successor = [[Samrat Choudhary]]<br />
| office3 = Minister of Sports<br/> <br />
[[Government of Bihar]]<br />
| term_start3 = 15 March 2024<br />
| term_end3 = 20 November 2025<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Samrat Choudhary]]<br />
|successor3 = [[Shreyasi Singh]]<br />
| office1 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2020<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = [[Ramdeo Rai]]<br />
| successor1 = <br />
| constituency1 = [[Bachhwara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bachhwara]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2010<br />
| term_end2 = 2015<br />
| predecessor2 = Srikrishna Prasad Singh<br />
| successor2 = [[Amita Bhushan]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Begusarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|05|05|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची |url=https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427090929/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |archive-date=27 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Surendra Mehta''' is an Indian politician from Bihar and the current minister of Animal and fisheries and formerly [[Department of Sports, Government of Bihar]]. He is a second term Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Mehta had contested his first election in [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]] from [[Barauni Assembly constituency|Barauni]] against Rajendra Prasad Singh of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and had lost by 4957 votes. He contested from [[Begusarai Assembly constituency|Begusarai]] in [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]] and defeated his nearest rival Upendra Prasad Singh of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]] by 19,618 votes. He lost in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]] from [[Begusarai Assembly constituency|Begusarai]] to [[Amita Bhushan]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] by 16,531 votes. In [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] he had won from [[Bachhwara Assembly constituency|Bachhwara]] by 484 votes against [[Awadhesh Kumar Rai|Awadhesh Rai]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surendra Mehata Election Result Bachhwara Live: Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 Surendra Mehata Bachhwara Seat |url=https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/surendra-mehata-bachhwara-candidate-s04a142c01/}}</ref> He was inducted into [[Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry|Nitish Kumar cabinet]] on 15 March 2024 and was allotted the Department of Sports.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=इस जाति से पहली बार मंत्री बना तो क्षेत्र में लोगों ने फूलों से लाद दिया, मालाओं से गाड़ी सजाई, स्वागत में खड़े रहे केंद्रीय मंत्री |url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/bihar/begusarai-dhanuk-caste-mla-surendra-mehta-reached-his-constituency-begusarai-bachhwara-after-becoming-minister-received-warm-welcome-8168614.html |access-date= |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2020–2025]]<br />
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2010–2015]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:1959 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2025–2030]]<br />
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