Arvind Kumar Sharma
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byDeepender Singh Hooda
ConstituencyRohtak
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byIshwar Dayal Swami
Succeeded byAshwini Kumar Chopra
ConstituencyKarnal
Personal details
Born (1962-11-25) 25 November 1962
M.P. Majra, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2014–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (till 2014)
Spouse
Rita Sharma
​
(m. 1989)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BDS)
Maharshi Dayanand University (MDS)

Arvind Kumar Sharma (born 25 November 1962) is an Indian dental surgeon, politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Rohtak. He represented the Karnal constituency of Haryana in 15th Lok Sabha and was a member of the Indian National Congress but he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.[1]

Personal life

Sharma was born on 25 Nov 1962 to Pt. Satguru Dass Sharma and Bimla Devi in the village of M.P. Majra in Jhajjar district of Haryana. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad and Master of Dental Surgery from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Sharma married Rita Sharma on 09 Nov 1989, with whom he has a son and a daughter. He is a medical practitioner, social worker and agriculturist.[2]

Political career

In January 2014, he left Indian National Congress and joined Bahujan Samaj Party and was named chief ministerial candidate. He lost from both Yamunanagar and Julana seats and was pushed to the third slot in both the seats.

In 2019, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and contested from Rohtak Lok Sabha seat in 2019 Indian general election and defeated Deepender Singh Hooda of Indian National Congress with margin of 7,503 votes.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-Congress MP from Karnal Arvind Sharma joins BJP". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Members : Lok Sabha - Sharma, Dr. Arvind Kumar". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Choudhury, Srishty (15 March 2019). "Arvind Kumar Sharma, senior Haryana Congress leader, joins BJP". News Nation English. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Birender Singh's son BJP candidate from Hisar, ex-MP Arvind Sharma gets ticket from Rohtak". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.



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