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'''Kamleshwar Dodiyar''' (born 1990)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kamleshwar Dodiyar(Bharat Adivasi Party):Constituency- SAILANA (ST)(RATLAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/MadhyaPradesh2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=1192 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He is a member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Sailana Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community, in [[Ratlam district]]. He won the [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], representing the Bharat Adivasi Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Sailana, Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: Sailana सीट पर Kamleshwar Dodiyar ने Harsh Vijay Gehlot guddu कोहराया |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/story/sailana-madhya-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2023-live-1830366-2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MP Election result: इस सीट पर नहीं चला BJP-कांग्रेस का जादू, झोपड़ी में रहने वाले कमलेश्वर बने विधायक |url=https://mpcg.ndtv.in/madhya-pradesh-news/madhya-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2023-live-updates-kamleshwar-dodiyar-took-loan-to-became-mla-from-sailana-seat-of-madhya-pradesh-4631412 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=mpcg.ndtv.in |language=hi}}</ref> He is the only non-BJP and non-Congress MLA in the [[16th Madhya Pradesh Assembly]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Madhya Pradesh MLA who won poll with 'borrowed money' reaches Assembly on bike |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/madhya-pradesh-assembly-kamalesh-dodiyar-adivasi-mla-bharatiya-adivasi-party-2473379-2023-12-08 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Dodiyar is from [[Sailana]], Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh. His father Onkarlal Dodiyar is a farmer. He completed his L.L.B. in 2023 at [[Delhi University]], Delhi. Earlier, he did B.A. in 2013 at a college affiliated with [[Vikram University]], [[Ujjain]]. His wife runs her own small business.<ref name=":0" /> He comes from a family of daily wage workers. He also worked as a labourer and tiffin delivery boy to fund his education. He was said to be inspired by [[Barack Obama]], the former US president.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-09 |title=An ex-labourer 'inspired by Barack Obama', Kamleshwar Dodiyar is MP's sole non-BJP, non-Congress MLA |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/kamleshwar-dodiyar-bharat-adivasi-party-madhya-pradesh-mla-9060966/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He travelled to Vidhana Sabha in [[Bhopal]] on his motorcycle from his constituency after winning the election to attend his first session in the assembly.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Dodiyar is a first time MLA who won from Sailana Assembly constituency representing [[Bharat Adivasi Party]] in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 71,219 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Harsh Vijay Gehlot of the [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 4,618 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamleshwar Dodiya: हीरो स्प्लेंडर पर सवार होकर विधानसभा रवाना हुआ ये गरीब विधायक, झोपड़ी का घर; 12 लाख का है कर्ज - kamleshwar dodiyar wins Sailana Election Result defate BJP and Congress Candidate Madhya Pradesh Assembly |url=https://www.jagran.com/madhya-pradesh/ratlam-kamleshwar-dodiyar-wins-sailana-election-result-defate-bjp-and-congress-candidate-madhya-pradesh-assembly-23598840.html |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> He contested the [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from the same seat as an independent candidate but lost the poll, coming third to winner Harsh Vijay Gehlot of the Congress and Narayan Maida of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], who came second.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sailana Constituency Election Results 2023: Sailana Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/madhya-pradesh/constituency-show/sailana |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:1990 births]]
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[[Category:Bharat Adivasi Party politicians]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028]]
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