Chhatrapal Singh Lodha

Dr. Chhatrapal Singh Lodha is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party elected to Rajya Sabha from Orissa.He is originally from Uttar Pradesh state.He is a former union minister of state of India. He was minister of state in Vajpayee ministry.

He was disgraced after the sting operation by the media firm Cobrapost called Operation Duryodhana where he was caught on camera accepting a bribe of Rupees 15,000 (about US$350) for asking concocted questions in parliament. As a result, he was expelled from the Rajya Sabha.^[1]

References

↑ "Parliament Suspends Lawmaker", UPI, December 13, 2005

External links

Rajya Sabha Members from Odisha

Current members

BJD (7)	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo Anubhav Mohanty Baishnab Charan Parida Bhupinder Singh Dilip Tirkey Narendra Kumar Swain Sarojini Hembram

Congress (1)	Ranjib Biswal

Independent (2)	A V Swamy Pyarimohan Mohapatra

Former Members

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