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| ==Positions held== | ==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 | * 1978 – 1983: General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress; General Secretary P.C.C.; President P.C.C.; Special Invitee to the Congress Working Committee | ||
| * 1980: Banur (Punjab) Constituency MLA | |||
| * 1988 - 1998: President of Chandigarh UT Congress Committee | * 1988 - 1998: President of Chandigarh UT Congress Committee | ||
| * 1995: Minister of State in Union Cabinet | * 1995: Minister of State in Union Cabinet | ||
| * 2005 - 2014 : Ambala Constituency MLA | * 2005 - 2014 : Ambala City Constituency MLA | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Venod Sharma | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1948-01-10) January 10, 1948 (age 76) Doraha, Ludhiana in Punjab |
Venod Sharma (born January 10, 1948) is an Indian politician from Haryana state. He 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 in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet (inducted in 1995).
In May 2014, Venod Sharma also resigned from the post MLA of Ambala city, which he won as a Congress candidate.
Early life
Born in Doraha, a city in Ludhiana district of Punjab, 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 worked for 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 has been associated with Ambala region for more than four decades. He had an affiliation of more than 40 years with the Congress party, before leaving it in March 2014. Venod has been the Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha and MLA from Haryana twice and Punjab once. He got elected as MLA from Banur, Punjab in 1980 and from Ambala City in 2005 and 2009.
In 2005, Venod Sharma won the Ambala City seat with a victory margin of more than 32,000 votes, whereas in 2009 the win margin was 35,000 votes.
Sharma apart from his current duties was the President of the Chandigarh unit of Congress. He 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. He was actively involved with grass root workers and found that the grass root workers were being ignored by the Congress high command.
He raised voice against this practice. Finally, on March 5, 2014, he left Congress for the wrong decisions taken, and completely ignoring the grass root workers.
Other projects
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. Venod Sharma & his family have been involved in many NGO activities like Health camps, Blood donation drives, Eye check-ups in Ambala region under the aegis of “Ambala Healthcare & Welfare Society”. He is involved in many philanthropic activities across Haryana. He is working for empowerement of woment and known for fighting for the cause of the poor. He is also an avid cricket fan and has done a lot in developing the sport and it's prospects in Ambala.
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
- 1980: Banur (Punjab) Constituency MLA
- 1988 - 1998: President of Chandigarh UT Congress Committee
- 1995: Minister of State in Union Cabinet
- 2005 - 2014 : Ambala City Constituency MLA