Lakshmi Hebbalkar is the Minister of Women and Child Development and Disabled and Senior Citizens Empowerment in the Government of Karnataka. She is a candidate of the Indian National Congress and a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Belagavi Rural. Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar (born 28 May 1975) [1] is an Indian politician from Karnataka . She is currently serving as the Minister of Women and Child Development, and Disabled and Senior Citizens Empowerment in the Government of Karnataka. Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar (born 28 May 1975) is an Indian politician from Karnataka . She is currently serving as the Minister of Women and Child Development, and Disabled and Senior Citizens Empowerment in the Government of Karnataka. Belagavi: Karnataka Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar and her brother, Legislative Council member Channaraj Hattiholi, were injured in a car accident on Tuesday, January 14 morning near Ambadagatti village in Kittur Taluk, Belagavi district.