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| name =Dr. Kova Laxman<br />
| image = [[File:Dr Kova Laxman.jpg|220px|border]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1960|07|03|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =[[Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = [[Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad|Ashok Nagar]], [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]]<br />
| state = Telangana <br />
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| office = National President, <br /> [[BJP OBC Morcha]]<br />
| termstart = 26 September 2020<br />
| predecessor = [[Dara Singh Chauhan]]<br />
| website = {{URL|http://drklaxman.in}}<br />
|office1 = Former President, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Telangana]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[G. Kishan Reddy]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2016<br />
| term_end1 = 2020<br />
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'''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)|Musheerabad Assembly constituency]] twice as MLA from 1999-2004 in Andhra Pradesh Assembly and from 2014-2018 in [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/k-laxman-set-to-be-bjp-floor-leader/article6021713.ece K. Laxman set to be BJP floor leader]</ref><ref>[http://myneta.info/ap09/candidate.php?candidate_id=885 Assets of Laxman]</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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 have completed his M.Sc. from PG Centre, Osmania University. Further, he secured his Ph.D. from Department of Geology, [[Osmania University]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
As a student, he joined [[Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|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 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 re-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.<br />
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He was elected as MLA for the second time from [[Musheerabad (Assembly constituency)|Musheerabad Assembly constituency]]<ref>[http://www.elections.in/telangana/assembly-constituencies/musheerabad.html Musheerabad (Telangana) Assembly Constituency]</ref> in [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014 Telangana Assembly election]]. In the year 2016, he was appointed as 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.<br />
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=== National President of BJP's OBC Morcha===<br />
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Dr Laxman, was appointed the President of the [[National OBC Morcha]], on 26 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/k-laxman-appointed-president-of-bjps-national-obc-morcha20200927041109|title = K Laxman appointed President of BJP's National OBC Morcha}}</ref><br />
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===Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[Telangana Legislative Assembly Election, 2014|Telangana Assembly Elections, 2014]]: Musheerabad (Assembly constituency)}}<ref>[http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/61/34784/239 Musheerabad Results]</ref><br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| candidate = Dr. K. Laxman<br />
| votes = 65,209<br />
| percentage = 43.5%<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi<br />
| candidate = M. Gopal<br />
| votes =37,823<br />
| percentage =25.3%<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| party = Indian National Congress<br />
| candidate = P. Vinay Kumar<br />
| votes = 26,808<br />
| percentage = 17.9%<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
| votes = 27,386<br />
| percentage = -<br />
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{{Election box turnout<br />
| votes = 1,50,884<br />
| percentage =54.9%<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end }}<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Dr K Laxman is married to Uma and the couple are blessed with two daughters Swetha, Shruthi and a son Rahul.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/hard-work-pays-for-k-laxman/article6055543.ece Hard work pays for K. Laxman]</ref><br />
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==Controversy==<br />
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".<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lNA9BbCN3ongGNaHRpjE6I/Sania-Mirza-lacks-credentials-to-be-Telangana-brand-ambassad.html Sania Mirza as Telangana ambassador gets brickbats from BJP leader]</ref><ref>[http://daily.bhaskar.com/article-ht/NAT-TOP-telangana-bjp-leader-sparks-a-controversy-calls-sania-mirza-pakistan-daughter-in-4690883-NOR.html Strongly condemn any attempts to brand me an outsider: Sania Mirza on Telangana brand ambassador controversy]</ref><br />
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