Preceded by Ashwathanarayana, BJP Occupation Politician | Political party BJP Party Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Lehar Singh Siroya is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was earlier suspended from BJP for criticizing L. K. Advani. He had left BJP along with B. S. Yeddyurappa and had joined Karnataka Janatha Paksha.
On 10 June 2016, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council. He secured 27 first preference votes (13 of BJP MLAs which were left after electing V. Somanna so 14 first preference votes from other independent and smaller party MLAs) and won after adding second preference votes.
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