Pratap Bhanu Sharma (born 6 March 1947) is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the

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. He has been member of the

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and

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(Lower House of the

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) from

Vidisha Vidisha (विदिशा, formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar and Bhaddilpur in ancient times) is a city in Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Vidisha district. It is located 62.5 km north ...

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. He was defeated in the subsequent elections and is standing for the forthcoming elections to Lok Sabha.

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, industrialist and educationalist, he has also undertaken various social activities including implementing rural development program etc.

Political career

Sharma has been President of

between 1975–76, District Small Scale Industries Organisation and District

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. He has also been Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Lahu-Udyog Engineers Association between 1975–80 and Small Industries Development Society in 1980. He was elected as Member of Parliament in 1980 and 1984 from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency. He is currently Vice President of the Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress/ Youth Congress.

References

External links

Official website of INC
India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1984–1989 1947 births Living people People from Vidisha Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub