Bhajan Lal Sharma (born 15 December 1966) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Chief Minister of Rajasthan since December 2023. He is a member of the

16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly The Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan was constituted after the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded in November 2023 and the results were declared on 3 December 2023. Composition * In the 2023 Rajasthan ...

, representing the Sanganer constituency.

Early life

Sharma was born in Atari village of Bharatpur’s Nadbai. He was born in a

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Family to Kishan Swaroop Sharma and Gomati Devi. According to the educational qualification mentioned in his election affidavit, he has an MA in political science from the

University of Rajasthan University of Rajasthan is a public and state university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and is one of the oldest universities in the state. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of Rajputana and was given its current name in 1956. ...

Political career

Sharma started his political career with the

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since his school days through its student wing the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. He later went on to become the district co-convener and Co- Zila Pramukh there. He later on went on to join the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and become a sarpanch of his native village at the age of 27. He has been serving as the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan for the fourth consecutive term. Sharma unsuccessfully contested in the 2003 Assembly election from the Nadbai Assembly constituency in Bharatpur on the Rajasthan Samajik Nyay Manch (RSNM)'s ticket and finished fifth, getting just over 5,900 votes and with 6.28% vote share he lost his deposit. Following the

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 25 November 2023 to elect 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023. The election for the Karanpur seat was adjourned follow ...

, he was elected as an MLA from the Sanganer Assembly constituency. On 12 December 2023, a first-time MLA, he was appointed as the 14th Chief Minister of Rajasthan by the

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along with two deputy CMs,

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and

Prem Chand Bairwa Prem Chand Bairwa (born 31 August 1969) is an Indian politician from the state of Rajasthan and is currently serving as the 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan alongside Diya Kumari, under the Chief Ministership of Bhajan Lal Sharma. He ...

Chief Minister of Rajasthan

On 12 December 2023, he was appointed as the 14th Chief Minister of Rajasthan by the

along with two deputy CMs,

and

. He was sworn in as Rajasthan's new CM along with two deputy CMs Diya Kumari and Dr. Prem Chand Bairwa on 15 Dec 2023.

Criminal Charges

Sharma has a legal record that includes a First Information Report (FIR) filed in 2015. The charges, under sections 353 and 149 of the

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, pertain to allegations of assaulting or using criminal force to obstruct a

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from performing their duty (IPC Section 353) and participating in an unlawful assembly with a shared objective (IPC Section 149).

Personal life

He is currently married and has two sons. His elder son, Abhishek Sharma is studying and has a private job. His younger son, Kunal Sharma is a doctor currently studying MBBS.

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