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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Mehta was born in August 02, 1940 in a poor farmer family belonging to | Mehta was born in August 02, 1940 in a poor farmer family belonging to Sukiyar(Kushwaha) community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3540&lastls=14|access-date=2021-05-11|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> He worked as a coal union leader in his early days. He is known as Stalin of Jharkhand. He won the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha elections]] on a CPI ticket, defeating [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]'s [[Yashwant Sinha]], who served as the finance minister in the [[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee government]]. However, Mehta lost the next election to Yashwant Sinha. | ||
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