Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 3 October 1954) is an Indian politician, serving as the 28th Governor of Assam. He was the 17th Governor of Sikkim from 2023 to 2024. Being affiliated with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), he was a member of the Legislative Council from Uttar Pradesh elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2023. He was also Vice-President of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the BJP and the President of Uttar Pradesh Kashi Kshetra BJP. He was appointed BJP’s election convener of the Varanasi parliamentary seat, which was contested by Shri Narendra Modi for the 2019 General elections.