Onkar Singh Lakhawat

Onkar Singh Lakhawat (born 1 April 1949) is an Indian lawyer, politician, writer, and a senior BJP leader from Rajasthan.

[11] He also planned tours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Lok Sabha elections in 2019[12] and was a panelist in TV debates.

[14] Onkar Singh Lakhawat, in his long career, is known for spearheading the construction of monuments and panoramas dedicated to local heroes & folk deities of Rajasthan.

After his appointment as Ajmer UIT Chairman, Onkar Singh took the decision to build a monument or paronama dedicated to Prithviraj Chauhan.

The opening ceremony, attended by prominent political figures including the then national president of BJP, L K Advani, was held on 1996-01-25.

The centerpiece is a bronze statue of Prithviraj seated on a horse, which is approximately life-sized but elevated on an 11.6 foot-high stone plinth.

[17] A panorama of Mughal-era ruler Amar Singh Rathore, who had defied the might of Shah Jahan at the royal court in Agra, has been placed in Nagaur.

[17] In Alwar, the Rajasthan Heritage Protection and Promotion Authority has erected panoramas of Hasan Khan Mewati, a freedom fighter from the Meo community.

Catering to local sentiment, a replica of the ancient statue of Sugali Mata, the goddess with 54 arms, the protector or Auwa fort was also installed.

In February 2016, Onkar Singh inaugurated an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi held at Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur.

[22] In October 2018, Onkar Singh Lakhawat made a statement replying to the comment on the Ram Mandir by the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor that it is offensive to the Hindus that hundreds of years of struggle to reclaim the Ram Temple land is trivialised as Tharoor termed that "Good Hindus" won't accept any temple built after levelling others' religious site.

[23] During December 2019, Onkar Singh Lakhawat was vocal regarding anti-CAA protests by the opposition parties in India.