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Mukesh Sahani

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ90145597
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Mukesh Sahani is an Indian politician from Bihar. He served as the Minister for Animal Husbandry & Fisheries in the Government of Bihar till 27 March 2022 when he was dismissed from the cabinet. He is the founder of the Vikassheel Insaan Party, a political party in Bihar. He previously worked as a Bollywood stage designer. Sahani is also owner of a company named 'Mukesh Cineworld Private Limited'.

Sahani campaigned for Bharatiya Janata Party during the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, but later formed Vikassheel Insaan Party and his party became part of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar for 2019 Indian general election. They contested three Lok Sabha seats but failed to win any seats.

Early life

Mukesh Sahani was born on 31 March 1981 in the Nishad family of Jitan Sahani and Meena devi. He left Bihar at the age of 19 and moved to Mumbai. In his initial times in Mumbai, he worked as a salesman and later joined Bollywood as a set designer.

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Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022, 2015, 2019, 1981—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mukesh, Sahani and Indian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from Mukesh Sahani” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.