BJP candidate from Shimla Rural Assembly seat in Himachal: Pramod Sharma

BJP candidate from Shimla Rural Assembly Constituency for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 is Dr Pramod Kumar Sharma. Pramod Sharma is a professor in the HP University in Shimla.

The High Court had in October rejected the plea of HP University to set aside the interim order passed by the HP State Administrative Tribunal in favour of Pramod Sharma. The Tribunal, in its interim order, had stayed the provision of the HP University Ordinance which debars a teacher and employees of the university from taking any part in any political activity.

According to reports, Sharma is a creation of Virbhadra Singh who is said to have funded him to fight as an independent against Congress veteran Vidya Stokes in two previous elections.
Pramod Sharma is 50-years-old and a resident of Inder Nagar in Shimla.

According to myneta.info, Sharma holds a PHd in Management of DICs from HP University.

Sharma's assets are worth over Rs one crore and he has no criminal cases against him.

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