title: Prakash Mehta
text: # Prakash Mehta
  
  Prakash Mehta (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit.
  
  Prakash Mehta was the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department. He served six consecutive terms (1990-2019) as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Prakash Mehta belongs to Gujarati middle-class family and is originally from Una town in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. He is married to Kishori Mehta and has 2 sons Abhishek Mehta & Harsh Mehta. Prakash Mehta is the face of Gujarati community and is the most popular Gujarati leader in Maharashtra. Prakash Mehta was drawn to politics in his early teens and was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). During 1975-77, as a youth, he actively participated and volunteered during the Emergency and Total Revolution launched by Jayprakash Narayan.
  
  ## Political career
  
  He was the President for Mumbai BJP Unit (2013).
  
  Prakash Mehta was the State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department. He was a member of Maharastra Legislative Assembly for six consecutive term from 1990 to 2019.
  
  Mahul residents have been protesting since 23 October 2018 to demand solutions and action from Mehta to relocate them, which has been declared 'not fit for human habitation' by the National Green Tribunal act in 2015.
  
  He was succeeded by Parag Shah in Ghatkopar East constituency in 2019.
  
  