[2] Mehta was in born in Mahuva, a port town in Gujarat.
He left high school in 1942 and participated in Indian independence movement.
He was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 1962 from Mahuva constituency which he held till 1980.
[3] He entered in the politics by joining the Praja Samajwadi Party.
In May 2001, he resigned from the INC to join the Nationalist Congress Party and contested election but lost.