Veteran Himachal Congress leader Anil Sharma dumps congress, Joins BJP

NewsBharati    15-Oct-2017
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New Delhi, Oct 15: Coming out as a nasty jolt for incumbent Congress government under the leadership of Virbhadra Singh, ahead of the crucial assembly polls senior Congress leader and cabinet minister Anil Sharma joined BJP.The senior Congress leader took the decision just a day after the formal announcement of the election commission.

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.