Lakshmi Hebbalkar

Laxmi Ravindra Hebbalkar ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಹೆಬ್ಬಳ್ಕರ್

Lakshmi Hebbalkar
Lakshmi Hebbalkar in 2020
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Karnataka
Assumed office
2018
Preceded bySanjay B Patil
ConstituencyBelagavi Rural
Personal details
Born (1975-05-28) 28 May 1975
Political partyIndian National Congress
EducationPost Graduate
As of June, 2021
Source: [[1][2]]

Personal life

She is married to Ravindra Hebbalkar and lives in Hanuman Nagar, Belagavi. Has one son Mirnal Hebbalkar.

Political career

She was the party's losing candidate from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2013, and then from Belagavi Lok Sabha seat in 2014 elections. Lakshmi Hebbalkar was made Karnataka State women Congress chief in May, 2015.[3] Later she was elected to the Karnataka state assembly from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2018 by defeating Sanjay Patil of BJP[4][5]

She is a feminist, and works to improve the standard of living of the people in the Belgaum constituency. She is currently serving as MLA from Belgavi (Rural) in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. She has a Rivalry with Ramesh Jarkiholi and her backing by DK Shivakumar caused Jarkiholi to Lead Rebel MLAs who took down Kumaraswamy Govt. She was quizzed for two days by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in September 2019 in connection with a probe into money laundering case.[6]

References
  1. "BELGAUM RURAL Election Result 2018, Winner, BELGAUM RURAL MLA, Karnataka".
  2. "Belgaum Rural Assembly Election Result 2018: Belgaum Rural Candidates Lists, Winners and Votes".
  3. "Laxmi Hebbalkar is State women Congress chief". 12 May 2015.
  4. "Congress MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar shuts down quitting rumours". The New Indian Express. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. "Lakshmi R Hebbalkar(Bharatiya Janata party):Constituency- BELGAUM RURAL(BELGAUM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  6. "Laxmi Hebbalkar quizzed for 2 days, may be called again". 20 September 2019.
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