Dharamlal Kaushik (born 1 February 1958) is an Indian politician from the

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and the 3rd speaker of

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from 2009 to 2014.Profile on the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website
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after the

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lost the legislative assembly election to the

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held in

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. He also served as the state president of BJP's Chhattisgarh unit from 2014 till March 2019.

Political career

Kaushik was first elected to

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in 1998 from Bilha (Vidhan Sabha). After creation of

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from

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state, Kaushik contested 2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election but lost to Siyaram Kaushik of

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. He was elected to

in 2008 by defeating

candidate Siyaram Kaushik by a margin of 6,070 votes. Again, he lost

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to his Congress rival Siyaram Kaushik. On 11 December 2018, he again won the election from same constituency and became Leader of the Opposition of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaushik, Dharamlal Speakers of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition in Chhattisgarh 1958 births Living people People from Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MLAs 2008–2013 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2000–2003 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MLAs 2018–2023 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003