Manoj Kumar, also known as Manoj Sharma is a politician in

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. He is a former member of

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representing Goh Vidhan Sabha constituency.

Family

He is the son of former MLA and politician Devkumar Sharma. His father, Devkumar Sharma represented Goh constituency in 1985 from

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and 2000 from Samta Party.

Political career

He started his political career from

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

in 2015 Bihar Assembly polls contesting from Goh. He won the election over more than 7,000 votes. In 2020 he lost the elections from same constituency to

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Othe ...

candidate Bheem Kumar Yadav. He is also the spokesperson of BJP

Unit.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Manoj Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar Politics of Aurangabad district, Bihar Living people Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 1976 births