Ram Sewak Paikra

Ram Sewak Paikra is an Indian politician and former Home Minister of Chhattisgarh. He is a senior BJP leader. He was the Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Pratappur constituency of Chhattisgarh

Political career

Paikra was first elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 by defeating senior Congress leader Premsai Singh. Before this he unsuccessfully contested Madhya Pradesh Assembly election twice, in 1993 and 1998. He contested the 2008 Chhattisgarh Assembly election but lost by a margin of 2,373 votes but in 2013 Assembly election, he won by a margin of 8,143 votes and became Home minister in Raman Singh's cabinet.
In 2014, amid growing concern about rape of women and girls in India, Paikra said, "Such incidents do not happen deliberately. These kind of incidents happen accidentally."
In 2018 Assembly election, he was defeated by Prem Sai Singh Tekam of the Indian National Congress.