Kuldeep Rai Sharma | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Bishnu Pada Ray |
Constituency | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
President of the Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee | |
Assumed office 28 June 2020 | |
National President Indian National Congress | Sonia Gandhi |
Personal details | |
Born | Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India | 10 September 1967
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Vinita Sharma |
Children | 2 Daughter (Aastha Sharma and Namya Sharma) |
Kuldeep Rai Sharma (born 10 September 1967) is an Indian politician belonging to INC, currently serving as Member of Parliament. He also served as President of Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee until 2021.[1][2] Later on, he was promoted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi as All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary incharge for Indian National Congress in Karnataka.[3]
Rai Sharma won the Lok Sabha election 2019 as an Indian National Congress candidate and became Member of Parliament of Andaman & Nicobar Islands constituency, defeating the BJP candidate by a nominal margin of 1,407 votes in his fourth attempt to reach the Parliament.
Year | Office | Constituency | Party | Votes for | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | Result |
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1998 | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | Andaman and Nicober Islands | Indian Congress (Socialist) | 29,687 | 20.36 | Manoranjan Bhakta | Indian National Congress | 52,365 | 35.91 | Lost |
2009 | Indian National Congress | 72,221 | 42.46 | Bishnu Pada Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | 75,211 | 44.21 | Lost | ||
2014 | 83,157 | 43.69 | Bishnu Pada Ray | 90,969 | 47.80 | Lost | ||||
2019 | 95,308 | 45.98 | Vishal Jolly | 93,901 | 45.30 | Won | ||||
2024 | — | — | Bishnu Pada Ray | — | — | Pending |
UNICEF awarded him with PGC Awards 2020 for his work to protect child rights.[4] He initiated 18 debates and 15 questions on matters relating to child labour, malnutrition, mid-day meal schemes, safety of children and child immunization in the parliament during 2019–20.
Rai Sharma has been awarded the prestigious "Sansad Ratna Award" consecutively in 2022 and 2023.[5][6]