Krishna Kumar Mantoo

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Krishan Kumar Mantoo
File:Krishna Kumar Mantoo meeting with CM Nitish Kumar (cropped).jpg
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byShatrudhan Tiwari
ConstituencyAmnour
In office
2010–2015
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byShatrudhan Tiwari
ConstituencyAmnour
Minister of Information Technology
Government of Bihar
In office
26 February 2025 – 20 November 2025
Preceded bySantosh Kumar Suman
Succeeded byShreyasi Singh
Personal details
Born (1977-02-27) 27 February 1977 (age 49)[1]
Banauta, Parsa
NationalityIndian
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Janata Dal (United)
Residence(s)Banauta, Parsa , Saran, Bihar
OccupationPolitician
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Krishan Kumar Mantoo (born 27 February 1977) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party[2] and was sitting MLA from Amnour Vidhan Sabha constituency.[3] He was an MLA from Amnour Vidhan Sabha constituency from 2010 to 2015.[4] In 2020, he won for the second time from Amnour constituency on the symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life

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Krishan Kumar was born in a Kurmi family. His father Laxmi Narayan Singh is a farmer and he belongs to agricultural family. He belongs to Banauta village, which comes under Parsa police station of Saran district.[5] He is also the president of Patel Chhatrawas Nirman Trust, a trust dedicated to build Patel Hostels for students belonging to economically and socially backward class in all districts of Bihar, three hostels have been completed and another two are in progress as of October 2024.[6]

Political career

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File:Amnour MLA Krishna Kumar Mantoo Patel with Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Nitish Kumar.jpg
Krishna Kumar Mantoo and Rajiv Pratap Rudy with Nitish Kumar participating in inauguration ceremony of girls' hostel in a government school located in Amnour Assembly constituency on 12 September 2024

Mantoo's political career started from a very young age as student leader to later becoming Mukhiya (elected representative of village in Panchayati raj system) of Banauta village in early 2000s. In the subsequent years he gained popularity as a regional "Bahubali", who conflicted local administrators[7]and politicians[8] at multiple instances. Mantoo allowed his wife Savita Devi to contest panchayat elections after the seats were reserved for SCs and women, emerging youth leader's wife got victory in 2006 Block Pramukh's [Block President] election and later the position is reclaimed by his wife in the consecutive elections in 2011, 2016[9],2021[10]and has been continuously serving the post as of 2024. While his presence in the local politics was not left unnoticed and in the subsequent time he became close ally with Prabhunath Singh, who is credited with his entry into active state politics. Due to support of Prabhunath Singh, he was able to get symbol from Janata Dal (United) for 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. He won his first assembly election by defeating Sunil Kumar with a huge margin of over ten thousand, becoming one of the youngest MLAs of the region. In his first tenure as legislator, multiple allegations related to intimidation of government officials against him. Allegation of extortion and physical threats were charged against him in the election year 2015.[11]

In 2015, he contested Assembly elections once again and lost to Shatrughan Tiwari of Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, in 2020, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party after resigning from Janata Dal United which was contesting election in alliance with Bharatiya Janta Party and contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He defeated Sunil Kumar of Rashtriya Janata Dal and became an MLA for the second time.[12][13]

Elections contested

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Assembly Elections 2010

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2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Amnour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Krishna Kumar Mantoo 29,508 31
Independent Sunil Kumar 18,991 20
Majority 10,517 11

Assembly Elections 2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Amnour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shatrudhan Tiwari 39,134 30
JD(U) Krishna Kumar Mantoo 33,883 26
Majority 5,251 4

Assembly Elections 2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Amnour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Krishna Kumar Mantoo 63,316 42.29
RJD Sunil Kumar 59,635 39.83
Majority 3,681 2.46

Positions held

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Period Positions Note
2010–2015 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly First Term
2020– Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly Second Term

See also

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References

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