Krishna Kumar Mantoo

Krishna Kumar Mantoo is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and was sitting MLA from Amnour Vidhan Sabha constituency. He was an MLA from Amnour Vidhan Sabha constituency from 2010 To 2015. In 2020, he won for the second time from Amnour constituency on the symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life
Krishna 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. He is a member of a caste organisation called Akhil Bharatiya Kurmi Kshatriya Mahasabha. He is also the president of Patel Chhatrawas Nirman Trust, a trust dedicated to Patel Hostel located in Patna.

Political career
Mantoo is considered as a muscleman politician. In the early part of his political career he was a close accomplice of Prabhunath Singh, who is credited for his entry into active politics. Mantoo earlier allowed his wife Savita Devi to contest in panchayat elections to fulfill his political ambitions and later, 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, the runner up candidate who contested as independent candidate. In his tenure as legislator, multiple allegations related to intimidation of government officials, demand of extortion from contractors and brawl with government officials were lodged against him.

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 and contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He defeated Sunil Kumar of Rashtriya Janata Dal and became an MLA for the second time.