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{{short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Dharamlal Kaushik<br />
|image =<br />
| caption = Leader of the Opposition, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|2|1}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]]<br />
| office1 = [[List of current Indian opposition leaders|Leader of the Opposition]], [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|term_start1 = 4 January 2019<br />
|predecessor1 = [[T. S. Singh Deo]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]] <br />
|successor1 = <br />
| office2 = [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]] for [[Bilha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bilha]] <br />
| term_start2 = [[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|12 December 2018]]<br />
| predecessor2 = Siyaram Kaushik, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| term_start3 = [[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<br />
| term_end3 = [[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] <br />
| predecessor3 = Siyaram Kaushik [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| successor3 =Siyaram Kaushik [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| term_start4 = [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<br />
| term_end4 = [[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] <br />
| predecessor4 = Ashok Rao [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| successor4 = Siyaram Kaushik [[Indian National Congress|INC]] <br />
| office5 = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]] <br />
| term_start5 = 5 January 2009<br />
| term_end5 = 6 January 2014 <br />
| predecessor5 = [[Prem Prakash Pandey]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] <br />
| successor5 = [[Gaurishankar Agrawal]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] <br />
| office6 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|President, Chhattisgarh BJP]] <br />
|term_start6 = August 2014<br />
|term_end6 = March 2019 <br />
|successor6 = [[Vikram Usendi]] <br />
|predecessor6 = [[Vishnudeo Sai]] <br />
|occupation = [[Politician]]<br />
|spouse = <br />
|children = <br />
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />
|alma_mater = [[C.M. Dubey Postgraduate College, Bilaspur]]<br/>[[Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur]]<br/><br />
|nationality = {{flag|India|name=Indian}} <br />
|sibling = <br />
|website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''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.<ref>[http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/speaker_3rdassembly.htm Profile on the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website]</ref> On 4 January 2019, he was elected as the leader of opposition in [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]] after the [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]] lost the legislative assembly election to the [[Indian National Congress|INC]] held in [[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]. He also served as the state president of BJP's Chhattisgarh unit from 2014 till March 2019.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
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.<br />
Again, he lost [[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]] from 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]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Speakers of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:1958 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2008–2013]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2018–2023]]<br />
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