Political leaders throughout occasion strains supplied their condolences over the 77-year-old chief’s demise on the Sawai Man Singh Authorities Hospital in Jaipur.
Final elected in 2018 on a Congress ticket, Sharma was seen within the state’s political circles as a artful politician who had managed to remain politically related, together with by alleged makes an attempt to topple governments — or to stop them from being toppled.
Most lately, he was accused of being a key architect of the 2020 try by the Sachin Pilot camp of MLAs to topple Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s authorities.
सरदारशहर (चूरू) से कांग्रेस विधायक श्री भंवरलाल शर्मा के निधन पर मेरी गहरी संवेदनाएं। काफी समय से वो अस्वस्थ चल रहे थे, उनके स्वास्थ्य को लेकर मैं उनके परिवारजनों के सम्पर्क में था, कल रात एसएमएस अस्पताल पहुंचकर चिकित्सकों से जानकारी ली और परिवार से मुलाकात की थी। pic.twitter.com/3DZXVC1lK2
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) October 9, 2022
Born in Churu’s Jaitsisar village in 1945, Sharma began his political profession as a sarpanch in Churu, below which Sardarshahar falls, within the Sixties. He married Manohari Devi in 1965 and had two sons and two daughters together with her.
He was first elected as MLA in 1985, from Sardarshahar, on a Lok Dal ticket.
In 1990, he was re-elected from Sardarshahar as a Janata Dal MLA. Later that 12 months, the Janata Dal, with its 55 MLAs, withdrew assist to the Bhairon Singh Shekhawat-led BJP authorities within the state following the then BJP chief L Ok Advani’s arrest, and subsequent communal violence that claimed many lives in Rajasthan.
The BJP had simply 85 MLAs by itself, 16 wanting a easy majority. Nonetheless, Shekhawat allegedly engineered a division of Janata Dal, with a breakaway unit of 25 MLAs led by Digvijay Singh happening to assist the BJP. Again then, having saved Shekhawat’s authorities, Bhanwarlal grew to become a minister from the Digvijay quota.
The assist from the insurgent Janata Dal MLAs however, the Shekhawat authorities was short-lived. In December 1992, in wake of the Babri demolition, Rajasthan was positioned below President’s rule. After elections have been held subsequent December, Shekhawat grew to become CM once more, however Sharma, who contested on a BJP ticket towards Congress’ Narendra Budania, misplaced.
By 1996, Sharma was again in Janata Dal and clinched Sardarshahar in a bypoll.
However the identical 12 months, Sharma was within the information once more, this time for allegedly making an attempt to topple Shekhawat’s authorities whereas Shekhawat was away within the USA for a surgical procedure. Prior to now, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has usually talked about Sharma’s 1996 try, saying Sharma had approached him too to participate within the alleged plan however that he turned him down on ethical grounds.
Two years later, Sharma modified events once more and switched to the Congress, successful the 1998 polls from Sardarshahar on its ticket. He went on to win the seat once more in 2003, misplaced it in 2008, however gained it again in 2013, regardless of the Congress being diminished to only 21 MLAs within the Rajasthan Meeting.
“Having risen from the grassroots, he continued to have a robust reference to the employees and the locals in Churu,” Congress chief Swarnim Chaturvedi recalled, “He (Sharma) was among the many tallest politicians from Churu. He was additionally identified for his social work and was all the time prepared to assist folks.”
Sharma was additionally the president of Rajasthan Brahmin Mahasabha and had a very good maintain over the group.
Though Sharma didn’t soar ship after becoming a member of the Congress, he was twice suspended by the occasion — as soon as, in 2014, for attacking Rahul Gandhi following the occasion’s large loss within the Lok Sabha elections, after which in 2020, when he was among the many 19 Pilot camp MLAs who had rebelled towards the Gehlot-led authorities. The Congress had shared a purported audio clip of Sharma allegedly conspiring towards the federal government with Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Nonetheless, when it appeared that the insurrection had failed, Sharma was among the many first MLAs to go to Gehlot at his residence in Jaipur.
Over the past a number of months, Gehlot had continually inquired about Sharma’s well being. On Saturday evening too, Gehlot visited the hospital and spoke to medical doctors and Sharma’s son, Anil.
“My deepest condolences on the passing away of Shri Bhanwarlal Sharma… I pray to God to present energy to the bereaved household on this very tough time and provides peace to the departed soul,” Gehlot tweeted Sunday.
Former CM Vasundhara Raje stated, “Saddened to listen to the information of the demise of Sardarshahar MLA Pandit Bhanwar Lal Sharma ji. Sharma ji was a noble public consultant devoted to his space. I pay my respects to him. Om Shanti.”
Governor Kalraj Mishra, former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, BJP state president Satish Poonia, amongst others, expressed their condolences on Sharma’s demise.