Ashwani Kumar Sharma Explained

Ashwani Sharma
Birth Date:23 January 1964
Birth Place:Pathankot, Punjab, India
Office3:President of Bhartiya Janta Party, Punjab
Term3:17 January 2020 - 4 July 2023
Predecessor3:Shwait Malik
Successor3:Sunil Jakhar
Term Start4:4 February 2010
Term End4:16 January 2013
Predecessor4:Rajinder Bhandari
Successor4:Kamal Sharma
Office1:Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab (India)
Term Start1:10 March 2022
Predecessor1:Amit Vij
Constituency1:Pathankot
Term Start2:2012
Term End2:2017
Predecessor2:Master Mohan Lal
Successor2:Amit Vij
Constituency2:Pathankot
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Children:1 Son

Ashwani Sharma (born 23 January 1964) is an Indian politician and the former Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Punjab president. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and currently representing Pathankot Assembly constituency.

Early life

Sharma was born in a lower-middle-class Punjabi Hindu family on 23 January 1964. His family had migrated to Gurdaspur from Sialkot after partition.[1]

Ashwani Kumar Sharma did his early schooling from Vivekananda Model High School, Pathankot and went to do his graduation from Guru Nanak Dev University in Bachelor of Arts.

Politics

Sharma was involved with RSS. During his college days in Pathankot, he was a member of ABVP.[2] After a successful term he was appointed General Secretary BJP Punjab from 2007 to 2010. Meanwhile, he became Chairman of District Planning Board Gurdaspur. He was made State President in 2010.[3] [4]

He was made the President B.J.Y.M. (Pb) in 2004. After a successful term he was appointed General Secretary BJP Punjab from 2007 to 2010.

MLA

He became Chairman of District Planning Board Gurdaspur. He was elected as BJP Punjab State President in 2010. Under his leadership party performed exceptionally well in 2012 legislative elections by winning all the Vidhan Sabha seats for BJP in Dist. Pathankot and contributed in building SAD-BJP alliance and was able to repeat the coalition government in Punjab after 43 years and also became member of legislative assembly in 2012.

He was elected as MLA in 2022. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Punjab 2012. The Association for Democratic Reforms. 4 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Candidate affidavit . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201164103/http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews2pb2012/3/AshwaniKumar_SC04.jpg . dead . 1 February 2014 . MyNeta . 4 May 2013 .
  3. . Results Punjab State Assembly Elections 2012
  4. Web site: Bharatiya Janta Party Punjab. 4 May 2013.
  5. News: 16 March 2022 . AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister . en-IN . The Hindu . 22 March 2022 . 0971-751X.