Dr. Sitasharan Sharma is an Indian politician, lawyer, and doctor. He served as the

Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. He is elected by the members of the Madhya Pradesh Legis ...

(January 2014 -January 2019). He is the

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MLA from Narmadapuram (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He is a senior leader of

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. It is his 5th term as MLA from the same constituency. He also served as the

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of the Bharatiya Janata Party Vidhaayak Dal in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2003.

Education

He has done MBBS from

Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal Gandhi Medical College ( hi, गाँधी चिकित्सा महाविद्यालय, भोपाल , GMC) is a medical college in Madhya Pradesh, India. Established in 1956, it is located at Fatehgarh, Royal Market Area, ...

and

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from Narmada Mahavidyalaya,

Narmadapuram Hoshangabad, officially known as Narmadapuram is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Hoshangabad district and Narmadapuram division. It is located in central India, on the south ...

Political career

In Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2018, Dr. Sharma won against the Congress candidate Sartaj Singh with a margin of about 15000 votes.

Role as the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Dr. Sharma ran the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 4 years, 9 months from 2014 to 2019. He succeeded Ishwardas Rohani, who had been the speaker twice earlier. He took the oath in presence of then Madhya Pradesh Governor, Anandiben Patel.

Social work

Dr. Sharma is actively involved in social work. Before entering the politics he used to run a clinic for the poor, who could consult free of cost. He also established a school in his constituency, for the purpose of providing quality education to students from the economically weaker sections of the society.

References

Living people Speakers of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2003–2008 People from Hoshangabad Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Year of birth missing (living people) {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub