BJP’s Kurseong MLA joins TMC ahead of Bengal Assembly polls

Sharma had contested the 2021 Assembly elections as an independent candidate from the Kurseong constituency in Darjeeling, defeating Tshering Lama Dahal of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Tamang faction) by a margin of 15,515 votes. He later joined the BJP and has since served as a legislator in the Assembly under the party’s banner.