Om Prakash Sharma (politician)

BJP MLA OP SHARMA along with Tarun Sharma Youth wing leader and other supporters during 2013 assembly elections.

Om Prakash Sharma is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was born in the indian state of Bihar on 1953 in a Bhumihar Brahmin family.He is amongst the only 3 MLAs of Delhi from BJP in the Delhi Legislative Assembly Election 2015 , He was the only BJP MLA who was able to retain his seat from 2013 Election from Vishwasnagar constituency beating his nearest Candidate Dr. Atul Gupta by a margin of 15,000 votes.

On 24/11/2015 he was suspended from the assembly for making a statement for the AAP MLA for Chandni Chowk Alka Lamba causing distress in the entire assembly and subsequently a huge protest was taken at his residential place by the AAP Women Wing demanding his apology , Alka Lamba as well demanded for the revocation of his membership for the remaining tenure of the House. ^[1]

On 17 February 2016, Sharma and his supporters were accused of thrashing a man while shouting anti-Pakistani slogans.^[2]

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