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Lakhan Lal Dewangan

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Lakhan Lal Dewangan
Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of Chhattisgarh
Assumed office
22 December 2023
Chief MinisterVishnu Deo Sai
Preceded byKawasi Lakhma
Minister of Labour,
Government of Chhattisgarh
Assumed office
22 December 2023
Chief MinisterVishnu Deo Sai
Preceded byShiv Kumar Dahariya
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
3 December 2023
Preceded byJai Singh Agrawal
ConstituencyKorba
In office
8 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Preceded byBodhram Kanwar
Succeeded byPurushottam Kanwar
ConstituencyKatghora
Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh
Assumed office
29 September 2020
PresidentVishnudeo Sai
Arun Sao
Kiran Singh Deo
Parliamentary secretary for Ministry of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
23 May 2015 – 11 December 2018
MinisterPunnulal Mohle
Preceded byDr. Siyaram Sahu
Succeeded byKunwar Singh Nishad
Mayor, Korba Municipal Corporation
In office
16 January 2005 – 11 January 2010
Preceded byShyam Kanwar
Succeeded byJogesh Lamba
Personal details
Born (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 (age 62)
Korba, Madhya Pradesh, India
(now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ParentTulsi Ram Dewangan (Father)
Residence(s)Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
Alma materSecondary School Certificate
ProfessionAgriculture, Business

Lakhan Lal Dewangan (born 12 April 1962) is an Indian politician serving as Minister of Commerce And Industry, Labour in Government of Chhattisgarh and represents Korba as MLA.[1] He is former Parliamentary secretary (Minister of State rank) in Government of Chhattisgarh. On 29 September 2020, he was appointed as Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh.[2]

Political career

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Lakhan Lal Dewangan was first elected as Mayor of Korba Municipal Corporation in 2005.[3] On 8 December 2013, Dewangan became Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Katghora Constituency by defeating Bodhram Kanwar of Indian National Congress, a six term MLA from same seat by 13,130 votes[4] and became Parliamentary secretary (Minister of State rank) for Food, Civil Supply, Consumer Protection, Village Industry, Planning, Economic and Statistics in Raman Singh Third ministry. Again, Dewangan contested the 2018 Assembly election against Purushottam Kanwar (INC) for Katghora but lost to Kanwar by 11,511 votes.[5] In the 2023 Assembly election, he was fielded from Korba against 3 term MLA and incumbent Revenue Minister Jai Singh Agrawal and defeated him by huge margin of 25,629 votes and was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in Vishnudeo Sai ministry.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.ibc24.in/assembly-election-2022/chhattisgarh-assembly-elections/mla-lakhanlal-dewangan-will-take-oath-as-minister-today-1891471.html
  2. ^ "इंतजार खत्म, तैयार हुई 'विष्णु-सेना', 8 उपाध्यक्ष, 4 महामंत्री, 8 प्रदेश मंत्री, सेनापति भी तय | Hari Bhoomi". 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Mayor List | Korba Municipal".
  4. ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election 2013 - results, polling stats, winners and more".
  5. ^ http://election.cg.nic.in/trmsacelection2018/resultacelection.aspx