Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha (4 March 1930 – 31 May 1999) was an Indian politician who served as the 10th

Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the ch ...

from 18 January 1978 to 19 January 1980. He was a leader of the

Bharatiya Janata Party 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 Mod ...

. He hailed from

Mandsaur district Mandsaur district is a District of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Mandsaur is the administrative headquarters of the district.The ancient pashupatinath temple is situated in Mandsaur. Large quantities of opium are produced in ...

Career

Sakhlecha was born on 4 March 1930. He came close to the

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( ; , , ) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family ...

at a tender age and joined Sangh in 1945. He was made Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1962 by

Kushabhau Thakre Kushabhau Thakre (15 August 1922 – 28 December 2003) was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of parliament. Early life Kushabhau Thakre was born at Dhar, Madhya Pradesh in a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prab ...

when Jana Sangh won 41 MLAs to the 288-seat assembly. In 1967,

Govind Narayan Singh Govind Narayan Singh (25 July 1920 – 10 May 2005), was an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from July 30, 1967 to March 12, 1969. He was also Governor of Bihar state from February 26, 1988 to January 24, 1989. Poli ...

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candidate along with Vijayaraje Scindia rebelled against

Dwarka Prasad Mishra Dwarka Prasad Mishra (1901–1988) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for two terms during the 1960s. An Indian freedom fighter an ...

and formed a new political party known as the Lok Sewak Dal and became the

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the ch ...

as the leader of a coalition, known as the

Samyukta Vidhayak Dal ''Samyukta Vidhayak Dal'' was coalition of parties formed in several north Indian states after the 1967 assembly elections, made up of the Bharatiya Kranti Dal, the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Praja Socialist Party and the Jana Sangh. The coal ...

which included

Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) ( ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...

also. Sakhlecha was named the Deputy Chief Minister of the state from 30 July 1967 to 12 March 1969. In

1971 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

, he lost an election to Kanhiyalal Nagauri a Congress candidate. Sakhlecha was sent to Rajya Sabha. During the

Indian Emergency The Emergency in India was a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had a state of emergency declared across the country. Officially issued by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352 of the Constitution beca ...

, he went to jail under

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. Post Emergency,

Kailash Joshi Kailash Chandra Joshi (14 July 1929 – 24 November 2019)Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the ch ...

and Sakhalecha became number two in the government but in January 1978, Sakhalecha became

. In January 1980, Jana Sangh removed Sakhalecha and replaced Sundar Lal Patwa as Chief Minister which lasted for 28 days as Indira Gandhi returned to the center and sacked the Patwa government in Madhya Pradesh. Due to in-fightings with Patwa, Sakhlecha left the newly formed version of Jana Sangh called

, Sakhalecha formed his own party called Madhya Pradesh Janata Party. He lost

1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1985. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Arjun Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister but was forced to resign as Chief Minister after just one day due ...

to Chunnilal Dhakad of

. Sakhlecha returned to

in 1990 with condition that no post will be given to him.BJP leader and ex-Madhya Pradesh CM Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha faces corruption charges
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1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in November 1998. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Digvijaya Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister for the second time. These were the last elections to ...

, he rebelled against

as he was refused a ticket and contested the poll as an independent. He lost the election from

Jawad Jawad is a Tehsil and a Nagar Panchayat in Neemuch district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. There are six towns and 105 villages in Jawad. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th India ...

Ghanshyam Patidar Ghanshyam Patidar (died 2 February 2019) was a former minister in the government of Madhya Pradesh in India from 1998 to 2003, and an MLA from the Jawad Jawad is a Tehsil and a Nagar Panchayat in Neemuch district in the Indian state of Mad ...

of Indian National Congress by 8,893 votes. He died on 31 May 1999. After his death, his son Om Prakash Sakhlecha won many an election on BJP ticket.

Personal life

Sakhlecha was a criminal barrister. As a strong advocate of 'clean politics,' he helped expand the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. His son

Om Prakash Sakhlecha Om Prakash Sakhlecha, is an Indian politician and elected member (MLA) from Jawad Vidhan Sabha constituency, district Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh state. In June 2020 he was appointed Cabinet Minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government which form ...

is also a leader of the

and is in his third term as an MLA from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.

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