Rahul Singh Lodhi is an Indian politician from
Bharatiya Janata Party
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and was a member of the
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidhan ...
from
Damoh
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History Early history
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. He was in the
Indian National Congress
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and he defeated
Jayant Malaiya
Jayant Kumar Malaiya (born 20 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Damoh constituency since 1990, but lost in 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assem ...
of
Bharatiya Janata Party
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by 798 votes in
2018 election
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. Lodhi joined BJP in October 2020 and was given a ticket for
2021 by-election
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where he was defeated by Congress's Ajay Kumar Tandon by 17,097 votes.
See also
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Tarvar Lodhi
Tarwar Singh Lodhi is an Indian National Congress politician and was a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 2018 and 2023. He was elected from Banda and won against the BJP candidate with a margin of over 25,000 votes. Bef ...
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Indian politicians
People from Damoh
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023
India MPs 2024–2029
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