Arvind Kumar Sharma Explained

Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency1:Rohtak
Term Start1:23 May 2019
Term End1:4 June 2024
Predecessor1:Deepender Singh Hooda
Successor1:Deepender Singh Hooda
Constituency2:Karnal
Term Start2:2004
Term End2:2014
Predecessor2:Ishwar Dayal Swami
Successor2:Ashwini Kumar Chopra
Birth Date:25 November 1962
Birth Place:M.P. Majra, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–present)
Otherparty:Indian National Congress (till 2014)
Children:2
Alma Mater:University of Delhi (BDS)
Maharshi Dayanand University (MDS)

Arvind Kumar Sharma (born 25 November 1962) is an Indian dental surgeon, politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Rohtak. He represented the Karnal constituency of Haryana in 15th Lok Sabha and was a member of the Indian National Congress but he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.[1]

Personal life

Sharma was born on 25 November 1962 to Pt. Satguru Dass Sharma and Bimla Devi in the village of M.P. Majra in Jhajjar district of Haryana. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad and Master of Dental Surgery from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Sharma married Rita Sharma on 9 November 1989, with whom he has a son and a daughter. He is a medical practitioner, social worker and agriculturist.[2]

Political career

In January 2014, he left Indian National Congress and joined Bahujan Samaj Party and was named chief ministerial candidate. He lost from both Yamunanagar and Julana seats and was pushed to the third slot in both the seats.

In 2019, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and contested from Rohtak Lok Sabha seat in 2019 Indian general election and defeated Deepender Singh Hooda of Indian National Congress with margin of 7,503 votes.[3] [4] However, in 2024 Lok Sabha election, he lost to Hooda by 345,298 votes.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ex-Congress MP from Karnal Arvind Sharma joins BJP. 16 March 2019. Hindustan Times. 2 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha - Sharma, Dr. Arvind Kumar . loksabhaph.nic.in . 31 March 2022.
  3. News: Choudhury . Srishty . Arvind Kumar Sharma, senior Haryana Congress leader, joins BJP . 27 December 2020 . News Nation English . 15 March 2019 . en.
  4. News: Birender Singh's son BJP candidate from Hisar, ex-MP Arvind Sharma gets ticket from Rohtak. Press Trust of India. Business Standard. 14 April 2019. 2 January 2020.
  5. Web site: General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 7 - ROHTAK (Haryana) . Election Commission of India . 7 June 2024.