Chhatrapal Singh Lodha

Chhatrapal Singh Lodha is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party elected as Rajya Sabha MP from Orissa. He has also served 4 times as Lok Sabha MP of Bulandshahr from 1991 to 2004.^[1][2]

Chhatrapal Singh Lodha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office 29 January 2003 – 16 March 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 2 July 2004 – 18 December 2005
Succeeded by	Bhagirathi Majhi
Constituency	Odisha
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1991–2004
Preceded by	Sarwar Hussain
Succeeded by	Kalyan Singh
Constituency	Bulandshahr
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1980–1985
Preceded by	Arif Mohammad Khan
Succeeded by	Imtiaz Mohammad Khan
Constituency	Syana
Personal details
Born	(1946-01-01) 1 January 1946 (age 79) Bigroun, Bulandshahr district
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Urmila Devi ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	4 sons, 1 daughter
Parents	Bhagwant Singh (father) Naryne Devi (mother)
Education	Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery
Alma mater	Masth Nath Ayurvedic Mahavidyalaya, Rohtak (Haryana)
Profession	Medical Practitioner, Politician

He was one of the accused in the 2005 cash-for-question scandal. In a sting operation named Operation Duryodhana, the media firm Cobrapost caught him on camera accepting a bribe of 15,000 rupees (about US$350) for asking concocted questions in Parliament.^[3]

Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha Bhairon Singh Shekhawat asked the Ethics Committee to probe the allegations against Chhatrapal and within 48 hours the panel found the reason for his suspension.^[4] As a result, he was expelled from the Rajya Sabha.^[5]

His name also figured in the Operation Chakravyuha which accused seven members of parliament including Chhatrapal of seeking kickbacks for getting projects sanctioned under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).^[4]