Banwari Lal Sharma is an Indian politician. He served as a minister from

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

belonging to

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He was a legislator of the

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The assembly meets at Vidhana Bhavan situated in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Members of the Legislative asse ...

Biography

Sharma was elected as a legislator of the

from

Dholpur Dholpur is a city in the Dholpur district in Rajasthan state of India. It is situated on the left bank of the famous Chambal river. The city is the administrative headquarters of Dholpur District and was formerly seat of the Dholpur prin ...

(Vidhan Sabha). He is a leader of Brahmin society in Rajasthan with his influence in Brahmin society spreading up to Dholpur, Bhind, Morena, Karauli, Madhopur. Sharma is a veteran Congress politician having served in politics for over 50 years and has defeated the likes of

Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje Scindia (born 8 March 1953) is an Indian politician, who has held two terms as the chief minister of Rajasthan. She was previously a minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was India's first Minister of Micro, S ...

. Sharma lost his son, Ashok Sharma, a popular leader within the BJP in 2022.

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Dholpur district Rajasthan MLAs 1962–1967 Rajasthan MLAs 1967–1972 Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub