Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar is an

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politician from

Belagavi Belgaum ( ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

. She is also an MLA from Belgaum Rural Assembly constituency.

Personal life

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

Political career

Lakshmi Hebbalkar unsuccessfully contested from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2013, and then from

Lok Sabha seat in 2014. She was made Karnataka State women's Congress chief in May 2015. In 2018, she got elected to the Karnataka state assembly from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat by defeating Sanjay Patil of

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. She was quizzed for two days by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in September 2019 in connection with a probe into a money laundering case.

External links

Election Watch Candidate Page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hebbalkar, Lakshmi Living people United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka People from Belagavi district India MPs 2014–2019 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians 1975 births Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly