Lakya Suryanarayana Tejasvi Surya (IPA: [t̪eːd͡ʒɐsʋi suːɾjɐ]; born 16 November 1990) is an Indian politician, RSS swayamsevak and lawyer serving as the Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party, representing the Bangalore South constituency.

[5][7][8] At the age of 9, Surya sold his paintings and donated the amount to the Army's Kargil fund while studying at the St. Paul's High School, Belgaum.

[16] He is set to marry Chennai based classical singer, dancer and Youtuber Sivasri Skandaprasad, who is known for rendition of various scores including Kannada version of songs of Ponniyin Selvan Part 2.

[18] He had actively contributed to the Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2014 Indian general election[19] and in 2017 he helped organise the BJP's 'Mangalore Chalo' rally.

[24] He won the elections by defeating B. K. Hariprasad of Congress by 331,192 votes,[12] making him the youngest MP to represent the BJP, after having assumed office at the age of 28 years, 6 months, 7 days.

[28][29] On 10 July 2019, during the Zero Hour, Surya requested the Home Minister Amit Shah to extend the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to Karnataka, citing the increasing influx of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in his state.

[30][31][32][33][34] When a holy site was vandalised in Hampi, Surya raised the issue in Parliament, urging the government to ensure better security for the country's sacred monuments.

[35][36] He sought to know whether the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would ban electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes.

[40] During the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Surya launched a Bangalore South coronavirus task force, which included free home delivery of essential goods, emergency medical assistance,[41][42] and mobile COVID-19 testing kiosks.

[55][56] The Commission later dropped the case at the request of the woman in question, who wrote that she and Surya were "good friends" and that the complaint against him by the Congress was "politically motivated".

[57][58] On 5 May 2021, Surya along with his uncle L. A. Ravi Subramanya claimed to have unearthed a scam in BBMP's hospital bed allocation system for COVID-19 patients.

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