Arvind Kumar Sharma

Arvind Kumar Sharma (born 12 October 1963) is an Indian 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 and but joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.[1]

Arvind Kumar Sharma

In 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.[2][3]

References

  1. "Ex-Congress MP from Karnal Arvind Sharma joins BJP". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. "Arvind Kumar Sharma, senior Haryana Congress leader, joins BJP - News Nation". News Nation. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. India, Press Trust of (14 April 2019). "Birender Singh's son BJP candidate from Hisar, ex-MP Arvind Sharma gets ticket from Rohtak". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 January 2020 via Business Standard.
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