Shamsher Singh Manhas ( hi, शमशेर सिंह मन्हास) (born 4 January 1960 in Jammu, India) is the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

politician from the Jammu & Kashmir. He is the son of Janak Singh (not to be confused with

Janak Singh Major General Janak Singh (surname Katoch) CIE, OBI, (7 August 1872 – 15 March 1972) was an officer of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. After retirement, he briefly served as the prime minister ...

). He is an agriculturist and political and social worker by profession. He is known as the rejuvenator of Right wing Political ideology in the UT of jammu and kashmir and has been an active Pracharak of RSS for a long time, He is known to be a powerful politician in the region. He is also a sportsperson. Shamsher Singh Manhas is a well known personality in the politics of the J&K.He has already served as State President of BJP in the past He was elected to

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from state of Jammu and Kashmir on the ticket of BJP in February 2015. He retired on 9 February 2021.

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