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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1964)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| image = Lal Singh Arya.png
| caption = Lal Singh Arya
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1964|06|15}}<ref name="Madhya Pradesh vidhan Sabha Profile">{{cite news |url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/13thvs/2014_210.pdf |title=Madhya Pradesh vidhan Sabha}}{{dead link|date=September 2019}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
| office = National President of <br>[[Bhartiya Janata Party]] SC Morcha
| term_start = March 2020
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Appointed By
| 1namedata = [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
| predecessor = [[Vinod Sonkar]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = December 2013
| term_end1 = 2018
| predecessor1 = [[Ranvir Jatav]]
| constituency1 = [[Gohad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gohad]]
| successor3 =
| term_start3 =
| term_end3 = 2008
| constituency2 = [[Gohad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gohad]]
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 = 2008
| predecessor2 = Chaturilal Barahadiya
| successor2 = Makhan Lal Jatav
| office5 =
| term_start5 =
| term_end5 = 2003
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] [[LLB]]
| alma_mater = Jiwaji university
| profession = [[Agriculturist]], [[Politician]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Sandhya Arya<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/mp2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=138|title=Tulsiram Silawat(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- SANWER(INDORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109101609/https://myneta.info/mp2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=138|url-status=live}}</ref>
| office4 = Minister of Narmada Valley Development General Administration, Aviation, Happiness, Tribal Affairs, Scheduled Caste Welfare Department.<br />
[[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]]
| preceded4 =
| term_start4 = 2013
| term_end4 = 2018
| 4blankname4 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 4namedata4 = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| children = Prashant Arya, Ishant Arya, 2 Daughters
| successor1 = [[Ranvir Jatav]]
}}
'''Lal Singh Arya''' (born 1964) is an Indian politician from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He served as a member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Gohad Assembly constituency|Gohad (SC)]] seat from 1998 to 2008 and again from 2013 to 2018. He has also served as a '''Minister of State''' in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. As of 2023, he is serving as the '''National President of the BJP Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha'''.<ref name="bjp">{{cite web |title=National Office Bearers – BJP SC Morcha |url=https://www.bjp.org/sc-morcha |access-date=5 November 2025 |publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Lal Singh Arya was born on 15 June 1964. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (B.A., LL.B.) degree from [[Jiwaji University]], [[Gwalior]].<ref name="npg">{{cite news |last=Dubey |first=Manish |date=17 October 2023 |title=Lal Singh Arya Biography: गोहद BJP प्रत्याशी लाल सिंह आर्य की बायोग्राफी |url=https://npg.news/lal-singh-arya-biography/ |access-date=5 November 2025 |work=NPG News |language=hi}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Arya contested his first election in 1998 as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate from the [[Gohad Assembly constituency|Gohad]] seat and defeated sitting MLA Chaturilal Barhadiya of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] by a margin of 4,338 votes. He was re-elected in the 2003 [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] by defeating [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Ex. MLA Sriram Jatav with a margin of 10,649 votes. However, in the 2008 election he lost to Congress candidate Makhanlal Jatav.

In the 2013 assembly election, Arya once again won from Gohad, defeating [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Mevaram Jatav by 19,814 votes.<ref name="npg" /> He subsequently served as [[Minister of State]] in the [[Third Chouhan ministry|Third Shivraj Singh Chouhan ministry]], government of Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="vidhan">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha |url=https://mpvidhansabha.gov.in |access-date=5 November 2025 |format=PDF}}</ref>

In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Lal Singh Arya contested from the Gohad constituency but was defeated by [[Keshav Desai]] of the I[[Indian National Congress|ndian National Congress]] by a margin of 607 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Constituency 13 – Gohad (Madhya Pradesh) |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S1213.htm |access-date=5 November 2025 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

=== Current position ===
Since 2020, Arya has been serving as the National President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party Scheduled Caste Morcha|BJP SC Morcha]], leading the party's outreach and welfare programs among Scheduled Caste communities across India.

== Positions held ==
Lal Singh Arya has held the following political and organizational positions.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!From
!To
!Position
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|1
|March 2020
|Incumbent
|'''President''' of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party SC Morcha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |
|-
|2
|2013
|2018
|'''Minister of State,''' [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |
|-
|3
|2013
|2018
|MLA (3rd term) from [[Gohad Assembly constituency|Gohad]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |
|-
|4
|2003
|2008
|MLA (2nd term) from [[Gohad Assembly constituency|Gohad]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |
|-
|5
|1998
|2003
|MLA (1st term) from [[Gohad Assembly constituency|Gohad]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1964 births]]

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