About Venod Sharma
Venod Sharma is an Indian politician from Haryana state. He was a leader of Indian National Congress party from Haryana before he resigned in March 2014. He was a Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet (inducted in 1995).
In May 2014, Venod Sharma also resigned from the post of MLA of Ambala city, which he won as a Congress candidate.
The former Indian National Congress leader, Venod Sharma has been associated with Ambala region for more than four decades. He had an affiliation of more than 40 years with the Congress party, before leaving it in March 2014. Venod Sharma has been the Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha and MLA from Haryana twice and Punjab once. He got elected as MLA from Banur, Punjab in 1980 and from Ambala City in 2005 and 2009.
In 2005, Venod Sharma won the Ambala City seat with a victory margin of more than 32,000 votes, whereas in 2009 the win margin was 35,000 votes.
Venod Sharma's family hails from Punjab and Chandigarh, which had a close association with Congress for a long duration. He enjoys considerable Brahmin support in Haryana, and is a prominent leader of Brahmins and upper castes in Haryana and Punjab.
Venod Sharma dissociated himself from Congress affairs since January 2014 and stopped attending the party meetings. He also skipped the budget session of the Haryana assembly. He was actively involved with grass root workers and found that the grass root workers were being ignored by the Congress high command.
He raised his voice against this practice. Finally, on March 5, 2014, he left Congress for completely ignoring the grass root workers.
On 22nd June 2014, Venod Sharma announced the launching of his own political party by the name of Janchetna party.
In May 2014, Venod Sharma also resigned from the post of MLA of Ambala city, which he won as a Congress candidate.
The former Indian National Congress leader, Venod Sharma has been associated with Ambala region for more than four decades. He had an affiliation of more than 40 years with the Congress party, before leaving it in March 2014. Venod Sharma has been the Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha and MLA from Haryana twice and Punjab once. He got elected as MLA from Banur, Punjab in 1980 and from Ambala City in 2005 and 2009.
In 2005, Venod Sharma won the Ambala City seat with a victory margin of more than 32,000 votes, whereas in 2009 the win margin was 35,000 votes.
Venod Sharma's family hails from Punjab and Chandigarh, which had a close association with Congress for a long duration. He enjoys considerable Brahmin support in Haryana, and is a prominent leader of Brahmins and upper castes in Haryana and Punjab.
Venod Sharma dissociated himself from Congress affairs since January 2014 and stopped attending the party meetings. He also skipped the budget session of the Haryana assembly. He was actively involved with grass root workers and found that the grass root workers were being ignored by the Congress high command.
He raised his voice against this practice. Finally, on March 5, 2014, he left Congress for completely ignoring the grass root workers.
On 22nd June 2014, Venod Sharma announced the launching of his own political party by the name of Janchetna party.