14 Facts About Mahendra Karma

Mahendra Karma was an Indian political leader belonging to Indian National Congress from Chhattisgarh.

Mahendra Karma was the leader of the opposition in the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha from 2004 to 2008.

Mahendra Karma was a Minister of Industry and Commerce in the Ajit Jogi cabinet since the state formation in 2000 to 2004.

Mahendra Karma was assassinated by Naxalites on 25 May 2013 in the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley while returning from a Parivartan Rally meeting organised by his party in Sukma.

Mahendra Karma was born on 5 August 1950 to Daraboda Karma in the Dantewada district who was himself a powerful, strong leader in the undivided Bastar region.

Mahendra Karma received his higher secondary education from Bastar Higher Secondary School, Jagdalpur in 1969 and completed his graduation from Danteshwary College in 1975.

Mahendra Karma started his political career with the Communist Party of India.

Mahendra Karma won the 1980 general elections on the ticket of CPI.

Mahendra Karma was then elected as the first president of the Zila Panchayat of the undivided Bastar.

In 1996 general elections, Mahendra Karma was elected to the Loksabha as a Member of Parliament on an independent ticket from Bastar.

Mahendra Karma was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Dantewada and was appointed as a Minister of Prisons in the Digvijaya Singh cabinet in the undivided Madhya Pradesh.

Mahendra Karma served as the Minister of Industry and Commerce after Chhattisgarh was carved out from its parent state Madhya Pradesh in the Ajit Jogi cabinet though he was known as a political adversary of Jogi.

Mahendra Karma was seen as the driving force behind anti-Naxal movements in the Chhattisgarh.

On 25 May 2013, Mahendra Karma was killed in the Maoist attack in Darbha along with several other party leaders including Nand Kumar Patel when they were returning from a political rally.