Yagya Datt Sharma (politician)

Not to be confused with Yagya Dutt Sharma.

Yagya Datt Sharma (Hindi: यज्ञ दत्त शर्मा, 1936 – 20 May 2016) was an Indian politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh of India. He represented Indore-4 constituency to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time as an independent candidate in 1967,[1] Indore-2 in 1977[2] from Indian National Congress. He again represented Indore-4 in 1980.[3] In the early 1980s he became Speaker of the State lower house, but had to quit from his speaker-ship on the proved charges of illegal land acquisition in his constituency. He resigned on 19 July 1983; Arjun Singh was Chief Minister then.[4][5][6]

Notes

  1. ↑ "General Elections of MP 1967" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
  2. ↑ "General Elections of MP 1977" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
  3. ↑ "General Elections of MP 1980" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
  4. ↑ N. S. Gehlot (1985). Office of the speaker in India. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 107. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. ↑ N. S. Gehlot (1985). Office of the speaker in India. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 164. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Former MP assembly speaker Yagya Datt Sharma dead". The Times of India. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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