A three-time MLA, Sharma has served a Cabinet minister in the Congress-led Himachal Pradesh government. He also represented the party in the upper house. Anil Sharma is the son of former union minister Sukh Ram. Himachal will go to polls on November 9 and results will be declared on December 18. On this occasion, MP and BJP leader Anurag Thakur took to Twitter and Congratulated Sharma for his move.