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| Sharma was keeping his distance from Congress affairs since January 2014. Neither did he attend party meetings, nor did he turn up for the budget session of the Haryana assembly. | Sharma was keeping his distance from Congress affairs since January 2014. Neither did he attend party meetings, nor did he turn up for the budget session of the Haryana assembly. | ||
| Finally, on March 5, 2014, he |
Finally, on March 5, 2014, he left congress for the wrong decisions taken, and completely ignoring the grass root workers.<ref>http://www.newsx.com/shows/specials/item/21622-modi-era-would-usher-development-and-boost-national-pride-venod-sharma</ref> | ||
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| Born | (1948-01-10) January 10, 1948 (age 76) Doraha, Ludhiana in Punjab |
Venod Sharma (born January 10, 1948) is an Indian politician who was a leader of Indian National Congress party from Haryana before he resigned in March 2014. He was a Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution at in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet (inducted 1995).
Venod Sharma is currently the MLA of Ambala city.
Early life
Born in Doraha, a city of Ludhiana, Venod Sharma is the son of Pandit Kedar Nath Sharma. After his studies and graduation from Chandigarh, Venod Sharma actively got involved with the social cause of women empowerment in different ways.
His father Kedar Nath Sharma was a loyal supporter of the third Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and was the Vice President of Punjab Congress Committee as well as the President of the Chandigarh UT Congress Committee.
Political career
The former Indian National Congress leader, Venod Sharma belonged to the General category of Ambala constituency and had a long association of more than 40 years with the Congress party. Venod has been the Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha and MLA from Haryana twice and is currently the sitting MLA from Ambala. He has been elected thrice and the years of elections were 1980, 2005 and 2009 respectively.
At the time of his election, the total number of polls was 187157 whereas the number of the polled votes was 131569. With that huge amount of voting, Venod Sharma won with 69435 where the closest rival bagged 33885, making it a big victory for the then Congress leader.
Sharma apart from his current duties was the President of the Chandigarh unit of Congress. He has been a minister in the centre and was also introduced in the Haryana cabinet during the first term of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
A Brahmin leader, Venod Sharma who belongs to a family of staunch Congress loyalists from Punjab and Chandigarh was the Union Minister of State for Food and Supplies in 1995. He enjoys considerable brahmin support in Haryana, and is considered as the undisputed leader of Brahmins and Upper castes in Haryana and Punjab.
Sharma was keeping his distance from Congress affairs since January 2014. Neither did he attend party meetings, nor did he turn up for the budget session of the Haryana assembly.
Finally, on March 5, 2014, he left congress for the wrong decisions taken, and completely ignoring the grass root workers.
Other projects
The political leader Venod Sharma also boasts of running a hotels chain under the label ‘Piccadily Group’ and two sugar mills.
Personal life
Venod Sharma is married to Smt. Shakti Rani Sharma and has three children (two sons and one daughter) with her.
Positions held
- 1978 – 1983: General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress; General Secretary P.C.C.; President P.C.C.; Special Invitee to the Congress Working Committee
- 1988 - 1998: President of Chandigarh UT Congress Committee
- 1995: Minister of State in Union Cabinet
- 2005 - 2014 : Ambala Constituency MLA