Bhajan Lal Sharma

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Bhajan Lal Sharma
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Sharma in 2023
14th Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Assumed office
15 December 2023 (2023-12-15)
Education Master of Arts in Political science
Alma mater Rajasthan University
OccupationBusinessman
ProfessionPolitician
Rajasthan Assembly

Bhajan Lal Sharma (born 15 December 1966) [2] is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current chief minister of Rajasthan since December 2023. [3] [4] He is a member of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, representing the Sanganer constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [5] [6]

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Early and personal life

Sharma was born on 15 December 1966, in Atari village near Nadbai in Bharatpur district to Kishan Swaroop Sharma, a farmer, and Gomati Devi, into a Hindu Brahmin family. [7] [8] He completed his primary education in Atari and Gagwana villages and moved to Nadbai for secondary education. In 1989, Sharma completed his BA from MSJ college in Bharatpur. In 1993, he completed his MA in Political Science from the University of Rajasthan. [9] [10] He also persued a B.Ed degree. [11]

He is married to Geeta Sharma and has two sons. His elder son, Abhishek Sharma, is studying and has a private business, while his younger son, Kunal Sharma, is a doctor currently studying for his MBBS. [12]

Political career

Sharma began his political career with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his school days through its student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). In 1990, he participated in the ABVP's Kashmir Bachao Andolan march to Srinagar amid the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus and was arrested in Udhampur. He was also arrested in 1992 for his involvement in the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation during the Babri Mosque demolition. [11] He later went on to become the president of the ABVP in Nadbai and the district co-convener in Bharatpur. [9]

In the early 1990s, Sharma joined the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and served as its district president thrice. He was elected as the sarpanch of his native village at the age of 27, serving two consecutive terms. [7] Additionally, he held the position of district president for the BJP in Bharatpur. Furthermore, he served as the vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan, from 2014 to 2016, and later as the General Secretary from 2016 to 2023. [11] [13]

Sharma unsuccessfully contested in the 2003 Assembly election from the Nadbai Assembly constituency in Bharatpur on the Rajasthan Samajik Nyay Manch (RSNM)'s ticket and finished fifth, getting just over 5,900 votes and with 6.28% vote share he lost his deposit. [14] [15]

Following the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Sharma was elected as an MLA from the Sanganer Assembly constituency and was appointed as the 14th Chief Minister of Rajasthan. [16] [17]

Chief Minister of Rajasthan

On 12 December 2023, he was appointed as the 14th Chief Minister of Rajasthan by the Bharatiya Janata Party, alongside two deputy CMs, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa. [18] [19] He, along with his two deputies, was sworn in as Rajasthan's new CM on 15 December 2023. [20]

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