Leela Ram
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Leela Ram
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| office1 = Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
| term_start1 = October 2019
| term_end1 = 2024
| constituency1 = Kaithal
| predecessor1 = Randeep Singh Surjewala
| successor1 = Aditya Surjewala
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = 2005
| constituency2 = Kaithal
| predecessor2 = Charan Dass
| successor2 = Shamsher Singh Surjewala
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|4|20}}
| birth_place = Ujjana, Kaithal, Haryana
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| nationality =
| party = Bharatiya Janta Party
| residence = Ujjana, Kaithal, Haryana, India
| alma_mater = Kurukshetra University (M.A. in 1985)
| profession = Businessman, agriculturalist
| known_for =
| spouse = Balbir Kaur
| children = 1
| relatives =
}}
Leela Ram (born 20 April 1961), also known as Leela Ram Gurjar, is an Indian politician and a member of the 14th Haryana Legislative Assembly elected from the Kaithal constituency in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. He had also served as Member of Legislative Assembly in 10th Haryana Legislative Assembly from Kaithal.{{cite news |last1=Mohan |first1=Neeraj |date=11 August 2020 |title=On citizenship law protesters, BJP MLA says can finish them off in one hour |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/not-the-india-of-gandhi-or-nehru-says-bjp-mla-then-clarifies/story-kVrUU5WnrQca1YsTwHWbaK.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=6 September 2024}}
Personal life
Ram was born on 20 April 1961 to Jhandu Ram in Ujjana village of Kultaran tehsil in Kaithal district of Haryana. He is a post graduate and completed his Master of Arts in political science from Kurukshetra University in 1985.{{Cite web |title=Leela Ram(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Kaithal (Kaithal) – Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=http://myneta.info/haryana2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=7957 |website=myneta.info |access-date=1 November 2019}} Ram is married to Balbir Kaur, with whom he has a daughter.{{Cite web |title=MLA Details |url=http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/MLADetails.aspx?MLAID=49 |website=haryanaassembly.gov.in |access-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730184812/http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/MLADetails.aspx?MLAID=49|archive-date=30 July 2019}}
Political career
Ram had served as Member of Legislative Assembly in Haryana Legislative Assembly from Kaithal seat as an Indian National Lok Dal candidate from 2000 to 2005.{{cite news |title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Kaithal Assembly Constituency |url=http://www.elections.in/haryana/assembly-constituencies/kaithal.html |work=Elections.in |access-date= 13 October 2017 }} He then joined Bharatiya Janta Party in 2014.
In the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, he won from Kaithal seat as a BJP candidate, defeating two-time winner Randeep Singh Surjewala of Indian National Congress by 530 votes and got re-elected.{{Cite news |title=Haryana assembly election result: Congress's Randeep Surjewala concedes defeat from Kaithal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/haryana-assembly-election/story/haryana-assembly-election-result-congress-s-randeep-surjewal-concedes-defeat-from-kaithal-1612466-2019-10-24 |work=India Today |date=24 October 2019 |access-date=1 November 2019}}{{Cite news |title=Kaithal Election Results 2019 Live Updates (कैथल): Leela Ram of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/kaithal-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2358769.html |access-date=1 November 2019 |work=News18 |date=24 October 2019}}
In the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, Ram lost the Kaithal seat to Indian National Congress' Aditya Surjewala by a margin of 8,124 votes.{{cite magazine |title=Kaithal Assembly Election Results 2024: Kaithal Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/haryana/kaithal-constituency-result-7017 |magazine=India Today |access-date=2 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results October -2024 Assembly Constituency 17 - Kaithal (Haryana) |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-S0717.htm |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 November 2024}}
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