Hari Sahni is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Backward Classes & Extremely Backward Classes Welfare in the Government of Bihar.[1] He had also served as the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council for 6 months from Aug-2023 to Feb-2024.[2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Bihar Legislative Council since 2022.[3]
Hari Sahni | |
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| Minister of BC & EBC Welfare Government of Bihar | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Prem Kumar |
| Leader of the Opposition Bihar Legislative Council | |
| In office 20 August 2023 – 14 February 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Samrat Choudhary |
| Succeeded by | Rabri Devi |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Arjun Sahani |
| Constituency | elected by Members of Legislative Assembly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1964 Bahadurpur, Darbhanga district Bihar, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Shanti Devi |
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| Residence | Patna |
| Alma mater | Lalit Narayan Mithila University |
| Profession | Politician |
He had been the District President of BJP Darbhanga and had contested in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Bahadurpur but had lost to Bhola Yadav of RJD by margin of 16,989 votes.
References
edit- ^ "Nitish Kumar expands his cabinet, inducts 21 ministers". The Economic Times. 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Bihar Politics: बीजेपी ने हरि सहनी को बनाया बिहार विधान परिषद का नेता प्रतिपक्ष, सम्राट चौधरी की लेंगे जगह". Hindustan. 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Council poll: BJP names its two nominees". Hindustan Times. 8 June 2022.