Lakhan Lal Dewangan

Lakhan Lal Dewangan
Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 September 2020
President	Vishnudeo Sai
Parliamentary secretary for Ministry of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 23 May 2015 – 11 December 2018
Succeeded by	Kunwar Singh Nishad
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly for Katghora
In office 8 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Preceded by	Bodhram Kanwar
Succeeded by	Purushottam Kanwar
Mayor, Korba Municipal Corporation
In office 16 January 2005 – 11 January 2010
Preceded by	Shyam Kanwar
Succeeded by	Jogesh Lamba
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962 Korba, Madhya Pradesh, India (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent(s)	Tulsi Ram Dewangan (Father)
Residence	Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
Profession	Politician

Lakhan Lal Dewangan (born 12 April 1962) is an Indian politician and former Parliamentary secretary (Minister of State rank) in Government of Chhattisgarh. He is Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh.

Political career

Lakhan Lal Dewangan was first elected as Mayor of Korba Municipal Corporation in 2005. On 8 December 2013, Dewangan became Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Katghora Constituency by defeating Bodhram Kanwar of Indian National Congress, a six term MLA from same seat by 13,130 votes. and became Parliamentary secretary (Minister of State rank) for Food, Civil Supply, Consumer Protection, Village Industry, Planning, Economic and Statistics in Raman Singh Third ministry. Again, Dewangan contested the 2018 Assembly election against Purushottam Kanwar (INC) for Katghora but lost to Kanwar by 11,511 votes.