Rabindra Nath Mahato is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Speaker[1] of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He is a leader belonging to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He was born in the year of 1960 in his paternal place Patanpur Jamtara in the Indian State of Jharkhand. His father is a retired primary school teacher. Currently he is residing at Barawa, Jamtara, Jharkhand.

Rabindra Nath Mahato
Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
6 January 2020
DeputyVacant
Preceded byDinesh Oraon
MLA
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
December 2014
Preceded bySatyanand Jha
ConstituencyNala
In office
2005–2009
Preceded byDr. Vishweshwar Khan
Personal details
Born (1960-01-12) 12 January 1960 (age 64)
Patanpur Jamtara, Bihar (Now in Jharkhand)
Political partyJharkhand Mukti Morcha
Children2

Kunal Kanchan Yadav

Priyanka
Parents
  • Golak Bihari Mahato (father)
  • Roop Manjari Devi (mother)
Residence(s)Barawa, Jamtara, Jharkhand

Education

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Rabindra Nath Mahato is a Professional Graduate . He is a Graduate from Bhagalpur University Bhagalpur. He also completed B.ed. from Utkal University Odisha.

Political career

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Started his political career from Barawa, Jamtara Jharkhand as an independent candidate. He contested against 9 times MLA Dr. Vishweshwar Khan and lost in that election.

He joined Shibu Soren during Jharkhand Movement and soon due to his leadership quality and simple personality he became favorable leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

Later he won his first election of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Nala in the year 2005 but lost the subsequent election in 2009 before winning it again in 2014 and 2019 polls. In the Assembly election of 2019 the JMM along with INC and RJD formed the Government. Mr. Mahato was elected as 7th speaker of Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha. As the speaker of this newly formed state he took important measures to improve the legislative work. The assembly of this state was witnessing frequent disruptions in past, Mr. Mahato took the opposition leaders on board and utilized the time of debate and discourse to the fullest. Recently under his directions Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha celebrated its 20th foundation day.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rabindra Nath Mahato elected as Jharkhand Assembly Speaker - The Economic Times".
  2. ^ "JMM MLA Rabindra Nath Mahato elected as Jharkhand Assembly Speaker".