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Kapil Deo Kamat
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Office Minister of Panchayati Raj
Government of Bihar


Office Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly



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Born 1951-05-11


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Political party Janata Dal (United)






Kapil Deo Kamat (11 May 1951 – 16 October 2020) was an Indian politician from Madhubani district of Bihar, India. He was serving as Minister of Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Bihar.[1] He was a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Babubarhi.

Early life

Kapil Deo Kamat was born on 11 May 1951, at Madhubani district in Bihar, India as a son of Late Anokhi Kamat.[2]

Political career

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Kapil Deo Kamat (in green outfit) standing beside Ram Balak Singh, distributing benefits of various schemes of panchayati raj ministry to beneficiaries.

Kapil contested the October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as a Janta Dal United candidate from Babubarhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and won.[3] Again, he contested the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from the same constituency but lost to Uma Kant Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal.[4] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election he won from the Babubarhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and was appointed Minister of Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Bihar.[5][6]

Death

Kamat died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[7]

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