Dr. Sitasharan Sharma is an Indian politician, lawyer, and doctor. He served as the Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (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 6th 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

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from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal and LLB from Narmada Mahavidyalaya, Narmadapuram.

Political Career

In December 2023, Senior BJP leader Dr. Sitasaran Sharma won his Sixth consecutive term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. He has not lost any election so far. From 2014 to 2019, Dr. Sitasaran Sharma served as the Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly also.

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.

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) Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028 {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub