Om Prakash Sakhlecha

Om Prakash Sakhlecha, is an Indian politician and elected member from MLA from Jawad Vidhan Sabha constituency, district Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh state.[1] In June 2020 appointed as Cabinet Minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government which formed in Madhya Pradesh after Jyotiraditya Scindia along with his 22 MLA rebelled against congress and toppled Kamalnath Government. He is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]


Biography

Mr. Sakhlecha was born on 3 October 1958, to Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha and Chetan Sakhlecha. He graduated from Delhi University in Commerce in 1979.

He married Sangeeta Sakhlecha, a gold medalist from Bombay University on 10 December 1982. Om Prakash and Sangeeta Sakhlecha have two children, daughter, Trisha Sakhlecha and son, Rishabh Sakhlecha.

His father, Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, was a prominent politician from Jawad and held the posts of Chief Minister (1978 to 1980) and Deputy Chief Minister (1967 to 1969). He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha, from 1972 to 1977.

References
  1. "मध्‍य प्रदेश चुनाव 2018: जावद सीट से बीजेपी के ओम प्रकाश की जीत". aajtak.intoday.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. "Madhya Pradesh 2013 - Om Prakash Sakhlecha". myneta.info. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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