<span style="color: #333333;">Jata Dal(United)'s Lok Sabha Member Baidyanath Prasad Mahto from Valmiki Nagar Parliamentary Constituency passed away on Friday evening while undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi.<br />'' <br />'' He was 72 and elected to Lok Sabha from Valmiki Nagar in 2009 and 2019 as Janata DaL(United) candidate.<br />'' <br />'' He was deputy leader of the Janata Dal(United) in the current Lok Sabha. Condoling his death, Bihar Chief Minister  Nitish Kumar said Mahto was very popular in his Constituency.<br />'' <br />'' He said, his death has caused an irreparable loss to the state's political circle and society as well. Mr Kumar announced that Mahto's last rites would be performed with full state honour.</span><br />''