Dharamlal Kaushik

Dharamlal Kaushik (born 1 February 1958) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party and the 3rd speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2014.[1] On 4 January 2019, he was elected as the leader of opposition in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the BJP lost the legislative assembly election to the INC held in 2018. He also served as the state president of BJP's Chhattisgarh unit from 2014 till March 2019.

Dharamlal Kaushik
Leader of the Opposition, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
4 January 2019
Preceded byT. S. Singh Deo, INC
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly for Bilha
Assumed office
12 December 2018
Preceded bySiyaram Kaushik, INC
In office
2008 – 2013
Preceded bySiyaram Kaushik INC
Succeeded bySiyaram Kaushik INC
In office
1998 – 2003
Preceded byAshok Rao INC
Succeeded bySiyaram Kaushik INC
Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
In office
5 January 2009 – 6 January 2014
Preceded byPrem Prakash Pandey, BJP
Succeeded byGaurishankar Agrawal, BJP
President, Chhattisgarh BJP
In office
August 2014 – March 2019
Preceded byVishnu dev Sai
Succeeded byVikram Usendi
Personal details
Born (1958-02-01) 1 February 1958
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
Nationality Indian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Alma materC.M. Dubey Postgraduate College, Bilaspur
Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur
OccupationPolitician

Political career

Kaushik was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1998 from Bilha (Vidhan Sabha). After creation of Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh state, Kaushik contested 2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election but lost to Siyaram Kaushik of Indian National Congress. He was elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2008 by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Siyaram Kaushik by a margin of 6,070 votes. Again, he lost 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election from his congress rival Siyaram Kaushik. On 11 December 2018, he again won the election from same constituency and became Leader of the Opposition of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.

References
  1. Profile on the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website


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