Vishal Nehria (born 20 July 1988) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the

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from Dharamshala constituency in the 2019 by election as a member of the BJP as the then-incumbent member of the constituency,

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, got elected to the

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. Vishal Nehria was married to Oshin Sharma a HAS Officer of Himachal Cadre. Later they divorced and on February 1, 2025 Vishal married another.

Political career

Nehria was part of

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, the student wing of BJP, and

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, a Hindu-nationalist organization that is affiliated with BJP. Nehria joined BJP in 2014 and also held positions in state's Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha from time to time thereafter. He got elected to the State Legislative Assembly for the first time in by-election on 24 October 2019. In May 2022 he announced that Indian cricket team coach

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would attend a party event conducted by BJP. Rahul Dravid denied any such plans to attend.

References

Living people 1988 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh People from Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 {{HimachalPradesh-BJP-politician-stub