Umesh Sharma

Umesh Sharma Kau is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] Sharma is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Raipur constituency in Dehradun district.[2][3][4]

In the 2012 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, Umesh Sharma Kau, then with the Indian National Congress, defeated Trivendra Singh Rawat by a narrow margin of 0.62% votes.[5][6]

In 2016, Umesh Sharma Kau along with other Congress MLAs rebelled and switched over to BJP.[7][8]

References
  1. "umesh-sharma-kau in Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022". News18. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. I WAS BEING PRESSURISED TO SHIFT MY CONSTITUENCY: UMESH SHARMA
  3. My Neta
  4. I can't shift to Dehradun Cantt seat: Raipur MLA
  5. "The Margin of Victory Series: Uttarakhand". meradesh.org. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTARAKHAND". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. "Uttarakhand BJP MLA denies plan to join Congress, insiders point at plum post". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. "Dehradun: BJP slaps Umesh Sharma Kau with show-cause notice | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2021.


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