Arvind Kumar Sharma (born 25 November 1962) is an Indian dental surgeon, politician and a Member of Parliament in the

17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started offi ...

from Rohtak. He represented the Karnal constituency of Haryana in

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

and was a member of the Indian National Congress but he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.

Personal life

Sharma was born on 25 Nov 1962 to Pt. Satguru Dass Sharma and Bimla Devi in the village of M.P. Majra in

Jhajjar district Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...

of Haryana. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Gujarat University,

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

and Master of Dental Surgery from

Maharshi Dayanand University Maharshi Dayanand University, also called M.D. University or simply MDU, is a university in Rohtak, Haryana, India. Established in 1976 and named after the saint Dayananda Saraswati. Maharshi Dayanand University, ab initio established as Rohtak ...

, Rohtak. Sharma married Rita Sharma on 09 Nov 1989, with whom he has a son and a daughter. He is a medical practitioner, social worker and agriculturist.

Political career

In January 2014, he left Indian National Congress and joined

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

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 General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

and defeated

Deepender Singh Hooda Deepender Singh Hooda (born 4 January 1978) is an Indian politician and four-term MP from the Indian National Congress, who is the current Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha representing Haryana. He also served three terms as Member of Parliamen ...

of Indian National Congress with margin of 7,503 votes.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1963 births Living people India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2019–present People from Jhajjar Lok Sabha members from Haryana Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana Bahujan Samaj Party politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Haryana {{Haryana-BJP-politician-stub