# Lalchandra

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{{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](/source/Mirzapur)
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| constituency = [Roberstganj](/source/Robertsganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency)
| office       = 
| term         = 
| predecessor  = 
| successor    = 
| party        = [BSP](/source/Bahujan_Samaj_Party)
| 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](/source/2004_Indian_general_election) on the BSP ticket becoming a Member of Parliament from [Robertsganj](/source/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](/source/Operation_Duryodhana)<ref name=duryodhana>
by the [Noida](/source/Noida) based media firm [Cobrapost](/source/Cobrapost), aired 
12 December 2005 on the Indian Hindi news TV Channel 
[Aaj Tak](/source/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](/source/Lok_Sabha) found him guilty of
[contempt of the House](/source/Contempt_of_Parliament) 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>

==References==
<references/>

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

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