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Lakshmi Hebbalkar
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Lakshmi Hebbalkar in 2020

Office Member of the Legislative Assembly, Karnataka





Term start 2018


Predecessor Sanjay B Patil




Constituency Belagavi Rural


Born 1975-5-28 (age 51)






Political party File:Hand INC.svgIndian National Congress






Laxmi Ravindra Hebbalkar ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಹೆಬ್ಬಳ್ಕರ್

Personal life

She is married to Ravindra Hebbalkar and lives in Hanuman Nagar, Belagavi. She has one son Mirnal Hebbalkar.

Political career

She was the party's losing candidate from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2013, and then from Belagavi Lok Sabha seat in 2014 elections. Lakshmi Hebbalkar was made Karnataka State women Congress chief in May, 2015.[1] Later she was elected to the Karnataka state assembly from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2018 by defeating Sanjay Patil of BJP.[2][3]

She is a feminist, and works to improve the standard of living of the people in the Belgaum constituency. She is currently serving as MLA from Belgavi (Rural) in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. She has a rivalry with Ramesh Jarkiholi and her backing by DK Shivakumar caused Jarkiholi to lead rebel MLAs who took down Kumaraswamy Govt. She was quizzed for two days by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in September 2019 in connection with a probe into money laundering case.[4]

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