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Pandit Sukhram, who was active in Himachal Pradesh politics for 6 decades, is called the Phoenix of politics of the state, because whenever it is believed that Pandit Sukhram’s political career is about to come to a standstill, he is like a Phoenix, denying all the possibilities and speculations. Not only did he become active in politics again, but he proved his strong penetration. According to Arabic myth, the phoenix was a bird that reached to touch the rising sun, but was burned by the heat of the sun and then resurrected from its ashes. Pandit Sukh Ram was also like this.
Studied Law from Delhi
Pandit Sukhram was born on 27 July 1927 in Kotli, Mandi in a poor family. He got his early education from the school in Mandi and after that he went on to study at Delhi Law School. In 1953, he also practiced as a lawyer in the Mandi district court. After this, in 1962, he turned to politics. After that he did not look back and remained active in Himachal politics for 6 decades. Won the election 13 times and after 5 was MLA and MP thrice. He also got the post of minister twice.
BJP government was formed in 1998 by supporting BJP.
When the Congress expelled Pandit Sukhram from the party after being named in the scam as the Communications Minister in 1996, it seemed that the politics of Pandit Sukhram had come to an end, but he formed his own party Himachal Vikas Congress and not only for the first time in the March 1998 assembly elections. Instead of bringing a third front in the state, by getting its winning MLAs included in the BJP, the Congress, which won the maximum 31 seats, was kept away from forming the government.
Then brought the family into politics
Anil Sharma, son of Pandit Sukhram, became the Minister of State for Youth Affairs as soon as he won the Congress government in 1993, but when the BJP government was formed in 1998, Anil Sharma had no place, because Pandit Sukhram himself won from Anil Sharma’s seat. had come. When Pandit Sukhram got the BJP government formed, when the Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant, his son Anil Sharma was made a candidate from that seat and sent to the Rajya Sabha.
A look at his political career…
In 1962, Pandit Sukh Ram became a member of the regional council in Himachal.
He won the assembly elections 5 times and the Lok Sabha elections thrice.
– Became MLA from Mandi assembly seat from 1963 to 1984.
Won from Mandi Lok Sabha seat in 1996.
Former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao was the Union Telecom Minister in the government. He is known as the father of communication revolution in the state.
He was expelled from the Congress party after the telecom scam.
After leaving Congress, he formed his own separate party Himachal Vikas Congress. After the election formed an alliance with the BJP and joined the government.
In 1998, he lost the Lok Sabha elections, but won the assembly seat. In the 2003 assembly elections, Sukhram won the Mandi assembly seat, but in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, he rejoined the Congress.
Sukhram family has a significant influence among the Brahmins of Mandi.
– Pandit Sukhram has a son Anil Sharma, who is an MLA from BJP and grandson Ashray Sharma is General Secretary in Congress. Anil Sharma and his son Aashray Sharma joined Congress along with grandfather Pandit Sukh Ram.
In 2019, Congress declared Ashray as the candidate of Lok Sabha elections from Mandi parliamentary seat. After this, Anil Sharma resigned from the post of minister during the tenure of the current Jairam government.
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