Umesh Sharma Kau is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] Sharma is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Raipur constituency in Dehradun district.[2][3][4]

In the 2012 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, Umesh Sharma Kau, then with the Indian National Congress, defeated Trivendra Singh Rawat by a narrow margin of 0.62% votes.[5][6]

In 2016, Umesh Sharma Kau along with other Congress MLAs rebelled and switched over to BJP.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "umesh-sharma-kau in Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022". News18. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ↑ I WAS BEING PRESSURISED TO SHIFT MY CONSTITUENCY: UMESH SHARMA
  3. ↑ My Neta
  4. ↑ I can't shift to Dehradun Cantt seat: Raipur MLA
  5. ↑ "The Margin of Victory Series: Uttarakhand". meradesh.org. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTARAKHAND". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Uttarakhand BJP MLA denies plan to join Congress, insiders point at plum post". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dehradun: BJP slaps Umesh Sharma Kau with show-cause notice | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2021.


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