Maheshwar Hazari

Maheshwar Hazari (born 9 October 1971) is an Indian politician. He is Minister of Planning and Development Department in the state of Bihar.[1] He won Kalyanpur (Samastipur) constituency by one of the highest margins of 52,000 votes, over a nephew of Ram Vilas Paswan. He is a former member of the Indian Parliament, and represented Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2] He was a three-time MLA in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Hazari is a cousin of Ram Vilas Paswan. He defeated Ram Vilas's brother Ram Chandra Paswan. His father, Ramsewak Hazari, was socialist politician, and was an eight-time MLA in the Bihar Assembly, and he was elected to sixth general election as an MP in Loksabha.

References
  1. "bihar news: Nitish Kumar govt gets 26 ministers, including 11 from BJP". The Times of India. 29 July 2017.
  2. "Profile of Members". Government of India. Retrieved 8 March 2012.


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