Background
Khiladi Lal Bairwa was born in Salempur, Karouli district in the state of Rajasthan.
Khiladi Lal Bairwa was born in Salempur, Karouli district in the state of Rajasthan.
Bairwa is a graduate and received Bachelor of Arts degree from the Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). Bairwa is a businessperson by profession. Khiladi Lal Bairwa has been in active politics since early 2000s but this is first term as an elected parliamentarian.
Bairwa is the first M.P to be elected from Karauli–Dholpur constituency since this constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India.
Controversy
In December 2013, an Indian news website Cobrapost claimed that they conduced a sting operation. Cobrapost further claimed that eleven Indian M.Ps, in lieu of money were willing to write recommendation letters and lobby with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to favour a (fictitious) foreign oil company.
Sting operation was code-named Operation Falcon Claw. Khiladi Lal Bairwa was one of the accused politicians.
Allegedly, Bairwa had asked for ₹5 million (United States$74,000) for writing a recommendation letter.
He represents the Karauli–Dholpur constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party.
Bairwa is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He also is member of two committees.
