Om Prakash Sharma (politician)
| Om Prakash Sharma | |
|---|---|
| ओम प्रकाश शर्मा | |
.jpg) Sharma (in plaid shirt) with supporters in 2013 | |
| Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency | Vishwas Nagar |
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In office 14 February 2015 – Incumbent | |
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In office 28 December 2013 – 14 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Naseeb Singh |
| Succeeded by | President's Rule |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 June 1953 Delhi,India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Geeta Sharma |
| Children | Vikas Sharma, Chetan Sharma |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | https://twitter.com/opsharmabjp/ |
Om Prakash Sharma, popularly known as Lokpriya Neta Omprakash Sharma,(born 1964) is an Indian politician and is an MLA from Vishwas Nagar in Delhi.
Om Prakash Sharma gerenally known by the name OP Sharma is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He is one of three MLAs from the BJP in the Delhi Legislative Assembly Election 2015. He was the only BJP MLA who was able to retain his seat from 2013 Election from Vishwasnagar constituency beating his nearest candidate, Atul Gupta(AAP), by a margin of 15,000 votes.
He was born in the staff quarters of corporation employees at Kashmere Gate. Sharma’s father was working in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The eldest of three sons, Sharma graduated from Satyawati College where he was college president. He also contested the Delhi University students’ union election and was an executive member of the team which Mr. Arun Jaitley headed as president.
He started his political carrier from Delhi University. Then he worked as an employee of the municipal corporation. After his father died, he became an inspector in the house tax department. He quit the job within a year and started taking care of sweets shops his family owns. Now he is well known Politician in Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi.
On 9 January 2017, Sharma's office in Karkarduma in east Delhi was burgled, days after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's office located around the same area was broken into. A computer, LCD TV, DVRs from CCTV cameras, and files were stolen from Sharma's office, the same items that were stolen in the Sisodia burglary.[1]
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