Vijay Sharma

Vijay Sharma (born 19 July 1973) is an Indian politician who is serving as 2nd Deputy Chief Minister Of Chhattisgarh along with Arun Sao in the Ministry Of Vishnu Deo Sai since 2023. He is the member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Kawardha Assembly constituency. Sharma currently holds charge of the Home and Jail Department, the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, and the Science and Technology Department of the Chhattisgarh state government. He is the General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh and previously served as the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Chhattisgarh.

Education Sharma completed the Master of Science degree in Physics with honors from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur in 1996 and a Master of Computers Applications degree from Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Bhopal in 2001.

Political career

In 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, Sharma won the Kawardha Assembly constituency as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate against the sitting Cabinet Minister Mohammad Akbar of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 39,592 votes.

On 3 December 2023, Sharma was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh along with Arun Sao in the Ministry of Vishnu Deo Sai. He also had responsibility of Home and Jail, Panchayat and Rural Development, Technical Education and Employment, Science, and Technology in the Government of Chhattisgarh.