Daleshwar Sahu | |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1967 |
Birth Place: | Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India |
Birth Name: | Daleshwar Sahu |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Occupation: | Politician |
Nationality: | Indian |
Spouse: | Jayashree Sahu |
Office: | Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 8 December 2013 |
Predecessor: | Kheduram Sahu |
Constituency: | Dongargaon |
Daleshwar Sahu (born 11 February 1967) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is a three time MLA from the Dongargaon Assembly constituency, representing the Indian National Congress.[1] [2] in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.[3]
Sahu is from Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon District, Chhattisgarh. His father, Kanwal Singh Sahu, is a farmer. He completed his Class 12 in 1986 at Sarvesharghas Nagar Palika, Rajnandgaon, and later did a diploma in singing in 1990 at Indira Kala Sangeet University, Khairgarh.[4]
Sahu first became an MLA, winning the 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 67,755 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Dinesh Gandhi of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 1,698 votes. He retained the seat for the Indian National Congress in the 2018 Assembly election, winning by a margin of 19,083 votes. He won for a third consecutive term in 2023 to become a three time MLA from Dongarhgaon.[5]