Mahendra Karma

In 2005, he played a top role in organising the Salwa Judum movement against Naxalites, a Maoist group in Chhattisgarh.[1][2] He 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.He was born on 5 August 1950[3][4] to Daraboda Karma in the Dantewada district who was himself a powerful, strong leader in the undivided Bastar region.He 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.[9] On 25 May 2013, 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.
Leader of the OppositionChhattisgarh Legislative AssemblyGovernment of ChhattisgarhBhima MandaviDantewadaMadhya Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMadhya PradeshChhattisgarhAlma materJagdalpurIndian National CongressChhattisgarh Vidhan SabhaSalwa JudumNaxalitesMaoistMinisterAjit Jogi2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valleytribalBastar regionDantewada districtCommunist Party of IndiaLoksabhaMember of ParliamentMember of Legislative AssemblyDigvijaya Singh2008 assembly electionsZ+ securityNand Kumar PatelVivekanand SinhaList of assassinated Indian politiciansWayback MachineThe Times of IndiaChhattisgarh Pradesh Congress CommitteeMohan MarkamRavindra ChoubeyT. S. Singh DeoBhupesh BaghelCurrent Lok Sabha membersDeepak BaijJyotsna MahantCurrent Rajya Sabha membersChhaya VermaK. T. S. TulsiPhulo Devi Netam