Raghav Lakhanpal Explained

Raghav Lakhanpal
Birth Date:28 October 1974
Birth Place:Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence:Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:2014
Term End:2019
Constituency:Saharanpur
Predecessor:Jagdish Singh Rana
Successor:Haji Fazlur Rehman
Office1:Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:2012
Term End1:2014
Predecessor1:constituency established
Constituency1:Saharanpur Nagar
Term Start2:2007
Term End2:2012
Predecessor2:Sanjay Garg
Successor2:Jagpal
Constituency2:Saharanpur
Term Start3:2001
Term End3:2002
Predecessor3:Nirbhay Pal Sharma
Successor3:Dharam Singh Saini
Constituency3:Sarsawa
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Parents:Nirbhay Pal Sharma
Alma Mater:International Management Institute, New Delhi
Occupation:Agriculturist
Source:http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4785

Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha elected in 2014 from Saharanpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Life

He is educated at The Doon School[2] and International Management Institute.[3] He was the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly thrice. He became a politician after the tragic murder of his father Nirbhay Pal Sharma 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 Lok Sabha 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.[4]

On 21 April 2017, Lakhanpal and BJP MLA Brijesh Choudhary were arrested along with a party member for alleged involvement in violence at Sadak Dudhli village in Saharanpur district.

On 22 December 2017 he moved a private member bill in the Lok Sabha seeking India must advocate a stringent population policy to overcome the rising population growth and disallow subsidies to those who produce more than two children.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saharanpur Election Results 2014 . www.elections.in . 14 May 2014 . 16 May 2014.
  2. Doon School Records, Class of 1992, Tata House, p.126
  3. Web site: International Management Institute, IMI New Delhi, IMI Kolkata, IMI Bhubaneswar, Top ranked PGDBM Institutes in India. 9 February 2022. www.imi.edu.
  4. Web site: In Western UP, its 'HM' versus 'DM'. Harish. Damodaran. @businessline. 25 March 2014 .
  5. Web site: BJP's local MP, MLA booked for violence in Saharanpur. 22 April 2017.