Anil Sharma (politician)


Anil Sharma is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Mandi in the 1993, 2007, 2012 as a member of the Indian National Congress and in 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Political career

Sharma was also Minister of State for Youth Services, Sports and Forest in Virbhadra Singh Government from 1993 to 1996. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1998 as member of Himachal Vikas Congress which was formed by his father Sukh Ram after were expelled from the Congress party after the telecom scam. He was also Minister of Virbhadra Singh Government from 2012 to 2017.
In 2017, prior to elections, Sharma joined Bharatiya Janata Party along with his father Sukh Ram and son Aashray Sharma. It is considered as impact of Sukh Ram that BJP won 9 out of 10 seats in Mandi district.
He was Minister of Multi Purpose Projects, Power, Non Conventional Energy Sources in Jai Ram Thakur cabinet from 2017 to 2019.
In 2019, Sukh Ram crossed over from Bharatiya Janata Party to Indian National Congress along with his grandson Aashray Sharma who was given ticket form Mandi Lok Sabha seat. This led to resignation of Sharma from his ministers post.

Personal life

He is son of Sukh Ram, former Minister of Communications and Information Technology from 1993 to 1996. His son Aashray Sharma who was given ticket form Mandi Lok Sabha seat. His another son Aayush Sharma is married to Salman Khan's sister Arpita.