Ashok Kheny was born in Bidar district in the year 1950. He went to the USA after completing his Engineering in Karnataka, to do his Master’s in Management Science and Engineering in 1974. He has been a successful Entrepreneur in the USA and done many successful infrastructure projects in India too. He served as the MLA of Bidar South assembly constituency from 2013 to 2018.
In the 2018 Vidhan Sabha elections as a candidate of Indian National Congress he fought the election and came on the third position.