K. Laxman

Dr. K. Laxman
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2022
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
National President BJP OBC Morcha
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
President	Jagat Prakash Nadda
Preceded by	Dara Singh Chauhan
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
In office 8 April 2016 – 11 March 2020
Preceded by	G. Kishan Reddy
Succeeded by	Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
In office 2014–2018
Preceded by	T. Manemma
Succeeded by	Muta Gopal
Constituency	Musheerabad
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	M. Kodanda Reddy
Succeeded by	Nayani Narasimha Reddy
Constituency	Musheerabad
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-03) 3 July 1960 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Residence(s)	Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad
Website	drklaxman.in

Dr. K. Laxman is currently the National President for Bharatiya Janata Party's OBC Morcha since 26 September 2020. He is an Indian politician from the state of Telangana and was a former State President of Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana from 2016 to 2020. He formerly represented Musheerabad Assembly constituency twice as MLA from 1999-2004 in Andhra Pradesh Assembly and from 2014-2018 in Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Dr. K. Laxman was born in a middle class family to Kova Ramulu & Kova Mangamma in Hyderabad, Telangana. He pursued his education in Hyderabad and has completed his M.Sc. from PG Centre, Osmania University. Further, he secured his Ph.D. from Department of Geology, Osmania University.

Political career

As a student, he joined ABVP at Osmania University and in the year 1980, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. Though he had an opportunity to get into a lucrative job given the demand that the subject had, driven by a passion for public service, he entered politics. Since then, he rose to various levels within the party right from Hyderabad City General Secretary in 1994, through to Hyderabad City President from 1995-1999. He contested for the first time from Musheerabad Assembly Constituency in 1994 and lost narrowly to Congress Candidate Kodanda Reddy but then got elected from the same constituency in 1999 with a huge margin of 18,567 votes. He was also chosen as Deputy Floor Leader during the then AP Legislative Assembly. In the years 2004 and 2009, he lost by slender margins against Congress candidates.

He was elected as MLA for the second time from Musheerabad Assembly constituency in 2014 Telangana Assembly election. In the year 2016, he was appointed BJP Telangana State President by BJP National President - Amit Shah and Prime Minister - Shri. Narendra Modi. He was representing Musheerabad Assembly Constituency as MLA till 2018 and also worked as State President for Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana until 2020.

National President of BJP's OBC Morcha

Dr Laxman, was appointed the President of the National OBC Morcha, on 26 September 2020.

Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2014

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014: Musheerabad (Assembly constituency)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. K. Laxman	65,209	43.5%
	BRS	M. Gopal	37,823	25.3%
	INC	P. Vinay Kumar	26,808	17.9%
Majority			27,386	-
Turnout			1,50,884	54.9%

Personal life

Dr K Laxman is married to Uma and the couple are blessed with two daughters Swetha, Shruthi and a son Rahul.

Controversy

Laxman sparked a controversy over Sania Mirza being made the brand ambassador of Telangana by calling her Pakistan’s "daughter-in-law" after her marriage to cricketer Shoaib Malik and unfit to be a representative of an Indian state. This sparked outrage and drew a fierce response from Sania who said she will remain an Indian until the "end of her life".