Sham Lal Choudhary is an Indian politician and member of the

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

. He was a cabinet minister in the BJP-PDP Coalition Government in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and is now the current bjp vice president. Choudhary rapidly rose in politics. Hailing from the Dev Batala village of Bhimber Tehsil in what is now the Pakistani administered territory of

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, he migrated to the border village of Chakroi in Ranbir Singh Pura. He represented the border constituency of

Suchetgarh Suchetgarh is a village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab, India. It is located from the city of Sultanpur Lodhi, away from district headquarter Kapurthala. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elect ...

in the

Jammu district Jammu district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kash ...

, in the

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Education

Choudhary started his primary education in the Chakroi government school and matriculated in 1977 before attending Government Higher Secondary School, R S Pura to complete his 10+2. An outstanding student, Choudhary entered the SPMR College of Commerce in 1981 despite hardships.

Social life

Choudhary has spearheaded various efforts to help the poor. He was responsible for changing the Chakroi Development Committee into the Border Development Committee, giving the people a voice in the area's development.

Political career

In 1996, Choudhary joined the

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

(BJP) to represent the border population, and in 2000 won his debut Panchayat elections unopposed. BJP chose him as their party candidate from

for the 2008 assembly elections, which he won by a large margin. In his first tenure as MLA, the border district experienced its greatest recorded development. Choudhary was re-elected in 2014, and was eventually inducted into the cabinet. Choudhary lost the DDC Elections from Suchetgarh,this was the only seat in Jammu which BJP lost. later on in 2021 Choudhary was elected as the bjp vice president .

Electoral performance

References

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