Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar is an

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

politician from Belagavi,

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. She is also an MLA from

Belgaum Rural Assembly constituency Belagavi Rural Assembly Seat is one of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka state, in India. It is one of the 8 constituencies which make up Belagavi (Lok Sabha constituency). The constituency came into existence when the assembly map was re ...

Personal life

She is married to Ravindra Hebbalkar and lives in Hanuman Nagar, Belagavi. She has one son Mirnal Hebbalkar.

Political career

Lakshmi Hebbalkar unsuccessfully contested from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2013, and then from Belagavi Lok Sabha seat in 2014. She was made Karnataka State women's Congress chief in May 2015. In 2018, she got elected to the Karnataka state assembly from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat by defeating

Sanjay Patil Sanjay Balaso Patil is an Indian Politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a two term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Constituency He represents the Belgaum Rural constituency. Political Party He is from the Bharatiya Janat ...

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mo ...

. She was quizzed for two days by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in September 2019 in connection with a probe into a money laundering case.

External links

Election Watch Candidate Page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hebbalkar, Lakshmi Living people United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka People from Belagavi district India MPs 2014–2019 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians 1975 births Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly