Satish Mahana


Satish Mahana is an Indian politician and Member of 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th,15th,16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister of Industrial Development in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He is seven time MLA from Kanpur Cantt. and currently representing Maharajpur constituency of Kanpur. He participated in the 2009 general elections as a BJP candidate from Kanpur. He was the Vice Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in 16th Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh.

Early life and education

Mahana was born 14 October 1960 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to his father Ram Avtar Mahana. He belong from Khatri Community. In 1981 he married with Anita Mahana, they have one son and one daughter. He did his early schooling from Saint Joseph's School, Jajmau. He attended the Kanpur University and attained Bachelor of Science degree.

Political career

Mahana has MLA for 7 straight term. He served as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Developing from 27 October 1997 to 8 March 2002 but because of his good work he was again given the post of Minister of State for Housing. After 2012, he represent Maharajpur of Kanpur Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. In 2017 elections, he defeated his nearest rival Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Manoj Kumar Shukla by a record margin of 91,826 votes.
In March 2019, he is appointed as Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath Cabinet. he got ministry of Industrial Development in Uttar Pradesh Government.

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