Sukh Ram was a member of Lok Sabha from the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh.
12 Facts About Sukh Ram
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Sukh Ram won the Vidhan Sabha elections five times and the Lok Sabha elections three times.
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Sukh Ram is the father of politician Anil Sharma and grandfather of actor Aayush Sharma.
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Sukh Ram attended the Delhi Law School and practised as a lawyer at the Mandi District law courts in 1953.
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Sukh Ram was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984 and served as a junior minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government.
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Sukh Ram served as minister of state for defence production and supplies, planning and food and civil supplies.
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Sukh Ram was the Union minister of state holding the communications portfolio from 1993 to 1996.
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Sukh Ram won the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in 1996, but the two were expelled from the Congress party after the telecom scam.
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Sukh Ram contested the Assembly Elections in 1998 from Mandi Sadar and won by a huge margin of 22000+ votes; that was highest in the State.
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In 2017, prior to elections, Sukh Ram joined BJP along with Sharma and grandson Aashray Sharma.
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Sukh Ram's other grandson Aayush Sharma is an actor and married superstar Salman Khan's sister.
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Sukh Ram crossed over to Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 before reverting to the Indian National Congress in 2019.