Aklu Ram Mahto (1940 – 2020) was an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who served as Minister for Finance and Institution in undivided Bihar.

He was one of the prominent leader to voice support for the rights of displaced people, who needed rehabilitation after the establishment of Bokaro Steel Plant.

Despite clearing the interview for a post of personal manager in an institution called BSL, he refused to join it and participated in the movement against Indira Gandhi's government, after the imposition of National Emergency in India.

Mahto was a polymath and he knew various languages, which included Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Nagpuri, Bangla and Khortha.

On 6 April 1968, he organised a blockade of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, when she arrived in Bokaro to inaugurate the work of a steel plant.

This protest was successful and Gandhi called the leaders of movement, including Mahto for a discussion regarding permanent solution for the displaced people.

He again contested in 1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, and this time became victorious by defeating Samresh Singh, who was a candidate of Bhartiya Janata Party then.

Mahto later served in several political parties on important positions, which include Lok Dal and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

In his later years, he joined Rashtriya Janata Dal, but rebelled with the party after its decision to nominate Bachha Singh as its candidate from the constituency, where Mahto wanted to contest in the 2005 Assembly elections.

From the platform of this organisation, Mahto had spoken several times about increasing political participation of the members of Kushwaha caste.

Mahto was an ardent follower of socialist leader Jagdeo Prasad, he had organised several commemoration ceremony for him in Bokaro.