Raghav Lakhanpal

Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Lok Sabha elected in 2014 from Saharanpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He was educated at The Doon School[2][3] and International Management Institute.[3]he was the member of uttar pradesh legislative assembly thrice.He became politician after the tragic murder of his father in 2000 who was himself a bhartiya janta party politician from sarsawa,Raghav later stood for the by election and won handsomely but lost in the 2002 Assembly election from the same seat.He later won from Saharanpur Nagar seat in 2007 and reclaimed it in 2012 assembly polls before entering into loksabha in a highly polarised election in which he defeated nearest congress candidate by 65 thousand votes.He is also the vice president of bjp's youth wing BJYM. He hails from a Brahmin family.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "SAHARANPUR ELECTION RESULTS 2014". www.elections.in. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  2. ↑ Doon School Records, Class of 1992, Tata House, p.126
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 BJYM Employees - Professional Experience,Email,Phone numbers..Everything!
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/in-western-up-its-hm-versus-dm/article5831672.ece