Maheshwar Hazari


Maheshwar Hazari is an Indian politician. He is Minister of Planning and Development Department in the state of Bihar. He won Kalyanpur 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.
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.