Asoka Mehta

Asoka Mehta (24 October 1911, Bhavnagar – 10 December 1984, New Delhi) was an Indian political activist and socialist politician.

He helped organize the socialist wing Congress Socialist Party of the Indian National Congress, along with Rambriksh Benipuri, Jaya Prakash Narayan, and was heavily involved in the politics and government of the city of Bombay.

[3][4] After India's independence, he helped organize trade unions in Bombay and was one of the founders of INTUC.

Mehta retired from active politics in the early 1950s, and wrote several books on his experiences, on India's freedom struggle, and on the importance of socialist reforms.

He joined Indian National Congress in 1964, after his expulsion from Praja Socialist Party.