In 1990, Sharma had taken part in ABVP’s Kashmir March and had courted arrest in Udhampur; latterly he went to jail during Ram Temple agitation Springing another surprise with its principal clerical selection, the BJP Tuesday declared its first- time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Sharma’s name was blazoned after the recently- tagged BJP MLAs met in Jaipur in the autumn, where the 56- time-old debutant MLA was tagged as the leader of the BJP Legislature Party. Just ahead of this meeting, a group print of the party MLAs was taken, in which Sharma is seen standing in the last row. Sharma’s name noway came up for consideration among the BJP’s probable faces for the top post, with a slew of BJP leaders – including two- time CM Vasundhara Raje, elderly state leader Satish Poonia, and Union Ministers, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Arjun Ram Meghwal – being considered to be in the race for the chief minister president.
A native of Bharatpur quarter, Sharma made his debut in the recent Assembly election from the Sanganer Assembly constituency in Jaipur, where he defeated Congress seeker Pushpendra Bhardwaj by further than 48,000 votes. Known in party circles as an organisation’s man, Sharma is presently the state BJP general clerk in charge of the party headquarters in Jaipur. According to the educational qualification mentioned in his election affidavit, Sharma has an Mama in political wisdom from the University of Rajasthan.
Sharma has strong ties with the RSS and started his political innings as a member of the Sangh’s scholars sect ABVP. Born in Atari vill of Bharatpur’s Nadbai, Sharma has come in touch with the ABVP while studying in a academy. latterly, he came the quarterco-convener of the ABVP in Bharatpur and alsoco-zila pramukh of the ABVP there. In 1990, Sharma had taken part in the Kashmir March of the ABVP and had courted arrest in Jammu’s Udhampur along with 100 other members. latterly, he went to jail during the agitation for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
In early 1990s, Sharma started working with the BJP’s youth sect BJYM. He’d been the BJYM quarter chairman thrice. J P Nadda, the current party public chief, was also the BJYM public chairman, party sources said. He came a sarpanch for the first time at the age of 27 and remained a sarpanch for two successive times. He’d also been a Panchayat Samiti member. He was appointed as the BJP quarter clerk after working with the BJYM for several times.
Sharma, who belongs to the Brahmin community, latterly went on to come the BJP chairman of Bharatpur quarter, state partyvice-president, and the state general clerk in charge of headquarters – a post he held while being tagged as the leader of the BJP Legislature Party. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was an bystander for the meeting of the BJP MLAs, said that Vasundhara Raje proposed Sharma’s name.
