Lehar Singh Siroya
Indian politician
Lahar Singh Siroya (born 14 July 1948) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He got elected to Rajya Sabha (Upper House) as a Member of Parliament from Karnataka in July 2022. Previously Lahar Singh was a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council for two consecutive terms from June 2010 to June 2022.
Lahar Singh is an entrepreneur by profession and a politician by passion. As a senior party member, he has held various positions in the party from time to time. Currently, he is the co-treasurer of BJP Karnataka.
A political strategist, Lahar Singh, is known to have the ear of people who matter in the BJP and is a crucial figure at the national level on political affairs of Karnataka. Lahar Singh is known to be close to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and is a interlocutor between the top BJP leadership in Delhi and Karnataka.
Political career
In his two terms as a member of the Karnataka legislative council, Lahar Singh has often raised issues of public interest, focusing on the deterioration of the city of Bengaluru, the issue of corruption, and drug usage among youths.
While Lahar Singh is known for taking up issues like the drug menace and many others, on the other hand, he is famous across the country for often being surrounded by controversies.
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