[2] Lakha was born into a Ravidasia[3][4] Sikh family in a small village (Nawan Pind Naicha) in the Indian Punjab in 1949.
Lakha gained a degree in economics, politics, and English from Panjab University, later working as a civil servant before coming to Coventry in 1977.
During his tenure as president of the Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha UK, he helped the development of the Shri Guru Ravidass Technical College in Phagwara, Punjab, by supporting the fundraising efforts.
[6] He faced caste discrimination from the Indian Brahmin and Jatt communities in Coventry because they could not tolerate him on the front lines of politics.
Hence, they organised his deselection as a Labour Party candidate at the end of his one-year term in 1990.