Lakshman Singh (politician)

Lakshman Singh (also spelled Laxman Singh) is an Indian politician who represented the Indian National Congress (INC), and later its rival BJP in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.

Lakshman Singh was born on 14 January 1955 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[1] His father was Balbhadra Singh, who was also a politician and had been ruler of the former princely state of Raghogarh, the present day Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. His elder brother Digvijaya Singh was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as well as a member of the Lok Sabha.[2][3] He was educated in Col. Brown School and St. Stephen's College, Delhi and in 1978 married Jagrati Singh, with whom he has a son and a daughter.[4]

Singh was twice elected as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from 1990-1992 and 1993-1994.[4] In 1994, he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in a by-election. He gained the second term in the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 General Election and was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 General Election. A further re-election followed in the 1999 General Election. All of these Lok Sabha elections were from the Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency and as a candidate of the INC.[1][4][5]

Singh switched political allegiance, joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009) from Rajgarh. But he lost the election for the 15th Lok Sabha, when Congress defeated BJP in Rajgarh constituency.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biographical Sketch: X1II Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Dasgupta, Debarshi (27 April 2009). "Tornapartism: Families divided by party colours talk about living under one roof". Outlook. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Digvijay Singh". Hindustan Times. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Biographical Sketch: XII Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Biographical Sketch: X1 Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Biographical Sketch: 15th Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Retrieved 16 July 2013.