Prakash Mehta
Minister of Housing
Government of Maharashtra
In office
5 December 2014 – 16 June 2019
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byRadhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Minister of Industries & Mining
Government of Maharashtra
In office
31 October 2014 – 5 December 2014
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded bySubhash Desai
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Maharashtra
In office
31 October 2014 – 5 December 2014
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byGirish Bapat
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2019
Succeeded byParag Shah
ConstituencyGhatkopar East
In office
1990–2009
ConstituencyGhatkopar
Personal details
Born (1959-04-22) 22 April 1959
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
SpouseKishori Mehta
ChildrenAbhishek (Elder Son)
Harsh Mehta (Younger Son)
ResidenceMumbai
OccupationPolitician
Websiteofficial website

Prakash Mehta (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit.

Prakash Mehta was the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department.[1][2] He served six consecutive terms (1990-2019) as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.[3]

Early life and education

Prakash Mehta belongs to Gujarati middle-class family and is originally from Una town in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. He is married to Kishori Mehta and has 2 sons Abhishek Mehta & Harsh Mehta.[4] Prakash Mehta is the face of Gujarati community and is the most popular Gujarati leader in Maharashtra. Prakash Mehta was drawn to politics in his early teens and was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). During 1975-77, as a youth, he actively participated and volunteered during the Emergency and Total Revolution launched by Jayprakash Narayan.[4]

Political career

He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit (2013).

Prakash Mehta was the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department.[1][2] He was a member of Maharastra Legislative Assembly for six consecutive term from 1990 to 2019.[3]

Mahul residents have been protesting since 23 October 2018 to demand solutions and action from Mehta to relocate them, which has been declared 'not fit for human habitation' by the National Green Tribunal act in 2015.[5]

He was succeeded by Parag Shah in Ghatkopar East constituency in 2019.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Housing - Golden Maharashtra Development Council". goldenmaharashtra.in. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Prakash Mehta is the new Industry, mines, parliamentary affairs minister in Maharashtra". deshgujarat.com. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ghatkopar ast (Maharashtra) Election Results 2014, Current and Previous MLA". elections.in. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 Technologies, T. "Biography - Prakash Mehta - Minister - Housing, Guardian Minister Of Raigad - Government of Maharastra". prakash-mehta.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Human chain ends at housing min's home". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Deshpande, Alok (25 October 2019). "Richest candidate wins by over 50,000 votes". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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