Brij Kishore Sharma

Brij Kishore Sharma
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education, Government of Rajasthan
In office
17 November 2011 – 9 December 2013
Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot
Succeeded byKiran Maheshwari
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2013
Preceded bySurendra Pareek
Succeeded bySurendra Pareek
ConstituencyHawa Mahal
Personal details
Born(1947-06-22)22 June 1947
Dausa, Rajasthan, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Santosh Sharma
​
(m. 1970)​
Parent
OccupationBusiness
ProfessionEngineer, Politician
Source [1]

Brij Kishore Sharma (born c.1947) is an Indian former politician.[1][2]

He was born in 1947, the eldest son of Nawal Kishore Sharma, the Governor of Gujarat State (2004-2009), and Munni Devi.[3][4]

In 1968 he obtained a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Rajasthan Board of Technical Education.[5]

In 2008, Sharma contested the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, as the Indian National Congress candidate, for the Hawa Mahal constituency. He polled 44,926 votes (41% of the total vote) winning the seat by a margin of 580 votes, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Manju Sharma, the daughter of Bhanwar Lal Sharma.[4][6][7]

Sharma was subsequently appointed as Education Minister in Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's Cabinet.[4]

At the 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections he lost the seat to Surendra Pareek, the former member for Hawa Mahal, by 12,715 votes.[7]

References

  1. ^ "General Election 2013 - Candidate's Affidavit" (in Hindi). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Brij Kishore Sharma". Elections India. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Nawal Kishore cremated with full state honours". Times of India. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "BJP struggles to pick seat for Diya Kumari". Indian Express. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Brij Kishore Sharma (Criminal & Asset Declaration)". National Election Watch. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  6. ^ "2008 Vidhan Sabha Election Result - Hawamajal, Rajasthan". Election Administration India. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Hawa Mahal Assembly Constituency Election Results". Result University. Retrieved 13 September 2021.