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Lakhan Lal Dewangan
Lakhan Lal Dewangan
Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of Chhattisgarh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 December 2023
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Kawasi Lakhma
Minister of Labour,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 December 2023
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Shiv Kumar Dahariya
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Jai Singh Agrawal
Constituency	Korba
	In office; 8 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Preceded by	Bodhram Kanwar
Succeeded by	Purushottam Kanwar
Constituency	Katghora
Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 September 2020
President	Vishnudeo Sai ; Arun Sao ; Kiran Singh Deo
Parliamentary secretary for Ministry of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 23 May 2015 – 11 December 2018
Minister	Punnulal Mohle
Preceded by	Dr. Siyaram Sahu
Succeeded by	Kunwar Singh Nishad
Mayor, Korba Municipal Corporation
	In office; 16 January 2005 – 11 January 2010
Preceded by	Shyam Kanwar
Succeeded by	Jogesh Lamba
Personal details
Born	12 April 1962 (age 62); Korba, Madhya Pradesh, India; (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent	Tulsi Ram Dewangan (Father)
Residence(s)	Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
Alma mater	Secondary School Certificate
Profession	Agriculture, Business

Lakhan Lal Dewangan (born 12 April 1962) is an Indian politician serving as Minister of Commerce And Industry, Labour in Government of Chhattisgarh and represents Korba as MLA.^[1] He is former Parliamentary secretary (Minister of State rank) in Government of Chhattisgarh. On 29 September 2020, he was appointed as Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh.^[2]

Political career

Lakhan Lal Dewangan was first elected as Mayor of Korba Municipal Corporation in 2005.^[3] On 8 December 2013, Dewangan became Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Katghora Constituency by defeating Bodhram Kanwar of Indian National Congress, a six term MLA from same seat by 13,130 votes^[4] and became Parliamentary secretary (Minister of State rank) for Food, Civil Supply, Consumer Protection, Village Industry, Planning, Economic and Statistics in Raman Singh Third ministry. Again, Dewangan contested the 2018 Assembly election against Purushottam Kanwar (INC) for Katghora but lost to Kanwar by 11,511 votes.^[5] In the 2023 Assembly election, he was fielded from Korba against 3 term MLA and incumbent Revenue Minister Jai Singh Agrawal and defeated him by huge margin of 25,629 votes and was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in Vishnudeo Sai ministry.

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