Ajit Kumar Mehta

Ajit Kumar Mehta
Former Member of Parliament
ConstituencySamastipur
Personal details
Born3 February 1932
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Samyukta Socialist Party
Janata Party
Rashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseSusheela Rani Mehta
ResidenceSamastipur
Alma materScience College, Patna, Bihar College of Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra
ProfessionProfessor at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Engineer, politician and social worker.

Ajit Kumar Mehta (born 3 February 1932 Fatehpur Bala, Samastipur district (Bihar)) was member of 6th Lok Sabha from Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar State, India. He was elected to 7th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Samastipur. Before joining active politics, Mehta was an educationist, working as professor at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra. In his early age, he also worked as an Indian independence activist. Mehta was a member of socialist camp during Indian freedom struggle and had remained an active part of Azad Dasta (a rebel group constituted by Jayprakash Narayan) during Quit India movement.[1][2][3][4]

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  2. ^ "Tarakeshwari Sinha a hot favourite for Samastipur seat". India Today. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Samastipur byelection: Shot in Janata Party's arm". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  4. ^ "November 30, 1978, forty years ago: Janata wins, finally". Indian express. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.