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Narahari Mahato
Narahari Mahato
Personal details
Born	10 March 1956 (age 68); Selani, Purulia, West Bengal, India.
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party; All India Forward Bloc.;
Spouse	Mrs. Abha Mahato.
Children	01 (daughter)
Parent	Mr. Ratanchandra Mahato (father) & Mrs. Shashi Mahato (mother).
Education	MA & BEd.
Alma mater	Burdwan University & Ranchi University.
Occupation	Politician, agriculturist, teacher & social worker.
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Preceded by	Shaktikanta Mahato
Constituency	Joypur
Member of the India Parliament ; for Purulia
	In office; 2009–2014
Preceded by	Bir Singh Mahato
Succeeded by	Dr. Mriganka Mahato

Narahari Mahato is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha from the Purulia constituency of West Bengal and was a member of the All India Forward Bloc political party.^[1]

Education and background

Mahato has master's degree (MA) in Political science, history & Bengali. He belongs to a farmer family. After completing his education, he worked as a teacher (subsequently as Headmaster) in Srirampur High School in Joypur.^[1]

Political career

He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha from the Purulia elected on All India Forward Bloc political party. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Joypur (constituency). He defeated Phanibhushan Kumar of Congress by 12,102 votes in 2021 West Bengal Assembly election.^[2]^[3]

Posts held

#	From	To	Position
01	19 September 2006	2009	Elected to 14th Lok Sabha in by-election
02	2006	2009	Member, Committee on Information Technology
03	2009	–	Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
04	2009	–	Leader, All India Forward Bloc Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
05	31 August 2009	–	Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
06	23 September 2009	–	Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table