Lila Krishan (4 January 1933 – 2003) was an Indian politician from Haryana. He represented the Fatehabad Assembly constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly on three occasions, in 1983, 1991 and 2000. He served in the Haryana government as Chief Parliamentary Secretary and Minister of State for Tourism.
Early life
Lila Krishan was born on 4 January 1933 in Multan district, then part of British India. He obtained degrees in B.A., LL.B. and B.Ed. He served as a municipal commissioner of Fatehabad from 1961 to 1970.
Political career
Lila Krishan was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Fatehabad in a by-election held on 23 December 1983 as a candidate of the Indian National Congress. His election was challenged before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which set it aside in 1984. The Supreme Court of India subsequently allowed his appeal and upheld his election. He was appointed Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the Haryana government on 14 September 1984.
In the 1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, Lila Krishan was elected from Fatehabad as a Congress candidate, defeating Prithvi Singh Gorkhpuria of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by 5,208 votes. He served as Minister of State for Tourism in the Haryana government.
He contested Fatehabad again in the 1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a Congress candidate but was defeated by Harminder Singh of the Haryana Vikas Party. In the 2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, he returned to the assembly as an Indian National Lok Dal candidate and defeated Congress candidate Jai Narain.
Lila Krishan died in 2003 while serving as the member for Fatehabad, after which a by-election was held for the constituency.
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