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Sunil Kumar Sharma (Jammu and Kashmir politician)

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Sunil Kumar Sharma
Leader of the Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative AssemblyUT
Assumed office
3 November 2024
Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah
Preceded byOmar Abdullah (as State)
Minister of State,
Government of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
1 March 2015 – 19 June 2018
GovernorN. N. Vohra
CabinetMehbooba Mufti ministry
Chief MinisterMufti Mohammad Sayed
Mehbooba Mufti
Ministry and DepartmentsTransport (Independent charge), Revenue, Public Works (Roads & Buildings), Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Agriculture Production, YSS
Preceded byQamar Ali Akhoon
Ali Mohammad Sagar
Nasir Aslam Wani
Succeeded bySatish Sharma
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
8 October 2024
Preceded byOffice established
ConstituencyPadder–Nagseni
In office
23 December 2014 – 21 November 2018
Preceded bySajjad Ahmed Kichloo
Succeeded byShagun Parihar
ConstituencyKishtwar
Personal details
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party

Sunil Kumar Sharma is an Indian politician from Kishtwar area of Jammu and Kashmir who is currently serving as the Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. He is the member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Sharma was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Kishtwar constituency in Kishtwar District. He won the 2024 elections from Padder-Nagseni. Before 2018, he was Minister of State for Transport (Independent charge), Revenue, Public Works (Roads & Buildings), Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Agriculture Production, YSS in Government of Jammu and Kashmir under Mehbooba Mufti.[1][2][3]

He was upgraded to cabinet ministry PDD department in Jammu and Kashmir government.

Following 2024 Assembly Elections, he was elected as Leader of Opposition of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by his party .

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