As an MLA, he brought a private resolution in Jharkhand Assembly for setting up industry on the land of Japla Cement Factory, in Hussainabad block of Palamu district.
[6] In 2023, an MP-MLA special court of Jharkhand found Mehta guilty in a case, where latter along with his supporters was accused of protesting and blocking the traffic, without permission from authorities.
Sujit Mehta was husband of a member of Zila Parishad in Aurangabad district of Bihar, who was murdered by hired shooters in a revenge attack.
The caste based clashes first erupted on social media and later spread out on streets, with many areas of Aurangabad and bordering Palamu district of Jharkhand engulfed by it.
Mehta organised his justice rally (Nyay Yatra), keeping immediate demands in front of government to arrest the culprits and dismiss Police Station incharge of the area.