Constituency Musheerabad Role Politician | Name K. Laxman | |
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Telangana BJP President K Laxman speaks to media over Rahul Gandhi Hyderabad Tour
BJP releases Telangana Election manifesto | K Laxman speaks to Media | ABN Telugu
K. Laxman is the President of Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana.He is currently representing Musheerabad Assembly constituency and he is also floor leader of BJP in Telangana Legislative Assembly.
Contents
- Telangana BJP President K Laxman speaks to media over Rahul Gandhi Hyderabad Tour
- BJP releases Telangana Election manifesto K Laxman speaks to Media ABN Telugu
- Early life
- Political career
- Personal life
- Controversy
- References
Early life
He was born in Hyderabad, Telangana and he completed his M.Sc in From PC Centre Osmania University. Dr Laxman secured his Ph. D from Department of Geology, Osmania University
Political career
As a student he joined ABVP at Osmania University and in 1980 he joined Bharatiya Janata Party since then he rose to various levels within the Hyderabad City Party and became the President of BJP in Hyderabad from 1995-1999.
He contested for the first time from Musheerabad Assembly Constituency in 1994 and lost narrowly to Congress Candidate Kodanda Reddy and then he got elected from the same constituency in 1994.However he lost in 2004 and 2009 Assembly elections with less margins.
In 2014 Telangana Assembly election he won as MLA for the second time from Musheerabad Assembly constituency
Personal life
Laxman is married to Uma and the couple are blessed with two daughters Swetha, Shruthi and a son Rahul.
Controversy
K. Laxman sparked a controversy over Sania Mirza being made the brand ambassador of Telangana by calling her Pakistan’s “daughter-in-law” after her marriage to cricketer Shoaib Malik and unfit to be a representative of an Indian state.Sparking outrage and drawing a fierce response from Sania who said she will remain an Indian until the “end of her life”.