Anil Sharma (Uttar Pradesh politician)

Anil Sharma is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Shikarpur (Assembly constituency) in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] Currently he is serving as Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Zoological Garden in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[3][4][5][6]

Anil Sharma
Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Zoological Garden
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
21 August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
MLA, Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded byMukesh Sharma
ConstituencyShikarpur, Bulandshahr
In office
May 2007 – March 2012
Succeeded byBanshi Singh
In office
February 2002 – May 2007
Preceded byHarpal Singh
ConstituencyKhurja, Bulandshahr
Personal details
Born (1963-06-26) 26 June 1963
Surjawali, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Moirta Sharma (m. 1987)
Children2
ParentsVijay Kumar Sharma[2]
Alma materIntermediate
OccupationMLA
ProfessionPolitician[2]

Early life and education

Sharma was born 26 June 1963 in Surjawali village Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh to his father Vijay Kumar Sharma. In 1987, he married with Moirta Sharma, they have one son and one daughter. He had completed Intermediate education from Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Political career

Sharma started his journey in politics from the village head (Pradhan). In 1989, Anil Sharma was elected unopposed village head of the ancestral village Surjawali for the first time. After that, he became the village head for the second consecutive time.[3]

In 2002, Anil Sharma was elected MLA from Khurja Assembly seat on Bahujan Samaj Party ticket for the first time. Then for the second consecutive time in 2007, Anil Sharma became MLA from Khurja. In the year 2012, Khurja seat was secured. He contested on the Bahujan Samaj Party ticket from Shikarpur Assembly seat but lost to SP's Mukesh Sharma. In the year 2017, he was elected MLA from Shikarpur Assembly seat as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[3]

Post helds
#FromToPositionComments
1February 2002May 2007Member, 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[7]
2May 2007March 2012Member, 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[8]
3March 2017IncumbentMember, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[9]
4August 2019IncumbentMinister of State for Forest, Environment, Zoological Garden in Government of Uttar Pradesh

References
  1. "Member Profile". official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. "शिकारपुर विधायक अनिल शर्मा बने राज्यमंत्री, जिले में खुशी की लहर". Live Hindustan (in Hindi). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. Sharad Ashthana (24 August 2019). "मायावती के करीबी रह चुके इस विधायक को योगी सरकार में बनाया गया मंत्री, यह महत्‍वपूर्ण विभाग मिलेगा". Patrika (in Hindi). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. "Yogi Cabinet Expansion: विकास पर होगा जोर, जिले वासियों को मिलेगा हर योजना का लाभ : अनिल शर्मा". Jagran (in Hindi). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. "राज्यमंत्री अनिल शर्मा का शहर में पहुंचने पर स्वागत". Jagran (in Hindi). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  8. "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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