Himachal Pradesh BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma Found Dead in Delhi

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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, 63, from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh was found dead on Wednesday at his official residence here under mysterious circumstances, police said.

According to sources, the parliamentarian was found dead by hanging at his In Gomti Apartments near RML Hospital.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, low profile, soft spoken Sharma defeated Congress candidate Ashray Sharma, 32, the grandson of former Telecommunications Minister Sukh Ram in his electoral debut.

He was known for his proximity to Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and was long associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

He was quite active on Twitter. The last time he tweeted was on March 14.

Three days back he got the first dose of vaccination of Covid-19.

Born at Jalpehar village in Mandi district on in 1958, Sharma was a two-time MP. He was first elected to the Parliament in 2014. He was re-elected from Mandi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Mandi is one of the country’s largest parliamentary constituencies comprising Kullu, Mandi and some areas of Chamba and Shimla districts, besides the tribal-dominated Assembly seats of Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti.

(With IANS Inputs)

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