Lalchandra

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lalchandra | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|7|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Padariya Khurd, Mirzapur | death_date = | death_place = | constituency = Roberstganj | office = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = BSP | spouse = Kalui Devi | children = 3 sons and 2 daughters | website = | footnotes = | date = 22 September | year = 2006 | source = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4102 }}

'''Lalchandra''' or '''Lal Chandra Kol''' (born 12 July 1949) is an Indian politician. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the BSP ticket becoming a Member of Parliament from Robertsganj.<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4102 Official biography from Parliament of India records]</ref>

==Expulsion==

In the sting Operation Duryodhana<ref name=duryodhana> by the Noida based media firm Cobrapost, aired 12 December 2005 on the Indian Hindi news TV Channel Aaj Tak, Lal Chandra Kol was caught on video accepting bribes of Rs. 35,000{{cite web |title=Operation Duryodhana |url=http://www.cobrapost.com/documents/one.htm |author=Aniruddha Bahal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423083408/http://www.cobrapost.com/documents/one.htm |archivedate=23 April 2012 }} Contains detailed description of the interaction with each MP. </ref> for fielding fictitious questions in parliament.

On 23 December 2005 a Special Committee of the Lok Sabha found him guilty of contempt of the House and following a motion calling for the expulsion of all 11 MPs caught in the sting, he was expelled from Parliament.<ref name="Cash For Questions">{{cite news|title=Cash For Questions|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/cash-for-questions-news-229485|accessdate=18 June 2025|publisher=Outlook India|date=12 December 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618091227/https://www.outlookindia.com/national/cash-for-questions-news-229485|archivedate=18 June 2025|language=en}}</ref>

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Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mirzapur district Category:India MPs 2004–2009 Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Category:People from Sonbhadra district Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh