Dharmesh Prasad Varma

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Dharmesh Prasad Varma
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
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1989–1991
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Dharmesh Prasad Varma is an Indian politician from Bihar who represented Bettiah in the Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991. He previously served as member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Sikta on Janata Party ticket from 1980 to 1989. [1] He contested 2014 Indian general election on AAP ticket from Valmiki Nagar only to lose to Satish Chandra Dubey of the BJP. [2] He contested 2015 Bihar election from Sikta on Samajwadi Party ticket but lost to Firoj Ahmad of the JDU. [3]

Personal Life

Verma was born in a Kayastha family [4] .

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References

  1. "Sikta Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  2. "Former MP Dharmesh Verma finds himself pitted against younger brother from Valmiki Nagar seat in Bihar". India Today.
  3. "Dharmesh Prasad Varma(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency – SIKTA(WEST CHAMPARAN) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  4. Verma, Ravindra Kumar (1991). "Caste and Bihar Politics". Economic and Political Weekly. 26 (18): 1142–1144. ISSN   0012-9976.