Dharamlal Kaushik

Dharamlal Kaushik
Deputy Speaker of the Chattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2023
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Speaker	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Santram Netam
Leader of the Opposition, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
In office 4 January 2019 – 17 August 2022
Preceded by	T. S. Singh Deo, INC
Succeeded by	Narayan Chandel, BJP
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly for Bilha
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2018
Preceded by	Siyaram Kaushik, INC
In office 2008–2013
Preceded by	Siyaram Kaushik INC
Succeeded by	Siyaram Kaushik INC
In office 1998–2003
Preceded by	Ashok Rao INC
Succeeded by	Siyaram Kaushik INC
Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
In office 5 January 2009 – 6 January 2014
Preceded by	Prem Prakash Pandey, BJP
Succeeded by	Gaurishankar Agrawal, BJP
President, Chhattisgarh BJP
In office August 2014 – March 2019
Preceded by	Vishnudeo Sai
Succeeded by	Vikram Usendi
Personal details
Born	(1958-02-01) 1 February 1958 Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma mater	C.M. Dubey Postgraduate College, Bilaspur Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur
Occupation	Politician

Dharamlal Kaushik (born 1 February 1958) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party and the 3rd speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2014. On 4 January 2019, he was elected as the leader of opposition in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the BJP lost the legislative assembly election to the INC held in 2018. He also served as the state president of BJP's Chhattisgarh unit from 2014 till March 2019.

Political career

Kaushik was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1998 from Bilha (Vidhan Sabha). After creation of Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh state, Kaushik contested 2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election but lost to Siyaram Kaushik of Indian National Congress. He was elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2008 by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Siyaram Kaushik by a margin of 6,070 votes. Again, he lost 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election to his Congress rival Siyaram Kaushik. On 11 December 2018, he again won the election from same constituency and became Leader of the Opposition of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.