Raghunandan Sharma (Rajgarh)


Raghunandan Sharma (Rajgarh) is a former Indian legislator. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. He is also a member of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) National Council and Madhya Pradesh State BJP Working Committee. Sharma represented Rajgarh in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for consecutive two terms, from 1990 - 1998.

Childhood and Education

Sharma was born in the village of Khujner in District Rajgarh on 19 January 1950. He was influenced by the ideologies of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from an early age. He served as District College General Secretary from Jansangh.

Early Youth and Political Career

After completing his BA and LLB, Sharma wanted to be a lawyer, however due to poor economic background, he had to take up job of a Clerk in District Collectorate. In 1990, Sharma joined politics and fought for MLA on BJPs' ticket.[1] Sharma won this election with a margin of 19,000 votes. Elections were re-held in the state in 1993 after the revoking of President's Rule and Sharma won his second term by a margin of mere 274 votes.[2]

Sharma held various other positions such as State President of "Gurjar Gaur Brahmin Sabha" between 1990- 1995, Member of State and National Council of BJP (2010 - 2013), District President of BJP (2012 - 2015). Most Recently (2016 - 2018) Raghunandan Sharma was nominated as Vice Chairman (Minister of State Awarded) of Khadi and Village Industries Board by Govt of Madhya Pradesh.[3]

Beyond Politics, Sharma is also owner and Editor-in-Chief of a Monthly Political Magazine named "Nevaj".

Social Work

Sharma is part of various Social Organizations, Religious trusts and NGOs. He started his own trust called "Nirvindhya" aimed to help make cleaning of rivers a social movement.

Personal life

Raghunandan Sharma is Married to Smt. Krishna Sharma . They have two sons and two daughters.

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References
  1. "Election Commission, 1990 Madhya Pradesh Elections" (PDF). Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. "Election Commission, 1993 Madhya Pradesh Elections" (PDF). Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  3. "Bhopal: Skill development programme on garment making ends". freepressjournal.in. 18 April 2017.


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