Alok Kumar Mehta
Alok Kumar Mehta (born 3 November 1966) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is a founder member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and has served as Principal General Secretary of the party. Mehta is said to be political mentor of Tejashwi Yadav. Political career A son of Tulsidas Mehta, Alok Kumar Mehta was elected a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Ujiyarpur state assembly constituency in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He served as Minister to the Department of Co-operatives in the Government of Bihar, until 2017 when the Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar resigned. His sister Suheli Mehta is also a politician who joined Janata Dal (United), a rival political party of RJD in 2017. Mehta has also been a Member of Parliament from the Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency in 2004. He later lost the seat to Ashwamedh Devi, the widow of veteran Pradip Mahto in 2009. Mehta has been associated with Rashtriya Janata Dal at different times under different charges. He has been the incharge of the RJD for seven states and National General Secretary of youth RJD. He also served as the state General Secretary of Youth Rashtriya Janata Dal. In his capacity