VD Sharma Becomes Longest-Serving Head Of BJP’s MP Unit Without Gap; He is Ahead Of Joshi and Tomar

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): BJP’s state unit president VD Sharma has created a record amid the organisation’s efforts to find a new president. Sharma has been the state unit president for more five years and two months without any gap.

None of the leaders of the party has served its state unit as long as Sharma has done since the foundation of organisation. Sharma was appointed state unit president on February 15, 2020 and has since been on the post.

If the two terms of Sunderlal Patwa as state unit president are counted, he served as state head of the party for the longest period. He served as state unit president for seven years and one month in his two stints.

If the two terms of Patwa are put together, Sharma comes second in terms of serving the party as state president. Patwa’s tenures, the two terms of Narendra Singh Tomar and those of Kailash Joshi were second.

If the two terms of Tomar are added, he served as state unit president for five years one month and 15 days. Joshi served the party as state unit president for five years. But Sharma is ahead of Joshi and Tomar in terms of period of serving the party as its president.

When Sharma became the president of the party, he was not as experienced as his predecessors were when they had taken over the party. Sharma, who joined the BJP from the Sangh, has been the most successful state president.

The party has fought one Lok Sabha election, one assembly election and several by-elections under his leadership. The party’s victory on all 29 Lok Sabha seats has gone to Sharma’s credit.

Tenure of BJP presidents

• Sunderlal Patwa December 5, 1980 to Nov 30, 1983

• Kailash Joshi December 1, 1983 to March 31, 1985

• Shivprasad Chenpuria April 1 1985 to January 11, 1986

• Sunderlal Patwa January 12, 1986 to March 8, 1990

• Lakhiram Agarwal March 9, 1990 to June 10, 1994

• Lakshminarain Pandey June 14, 1994 to Nov 8, 1997

• Nandkumar Sai November 9, 1997 to July 11, 2000

• Vikram Verma July 12, 2000 to August 26, 2002

• Kailash Joshi August 27, 2002 to May 16, 2005

• Shivraj Singh Chouhan May 16, 2005 to February 27, 2006

• Satyanarayan Jatia February 27, 2006 to Nov 21, 2006

• Narendra Singh Tomar November 22, 2006 to May 7, 2010

• Prabhat Jha May 8, 2010 to December 15, 2012

• Narendra Singh Tomar December 16, 2012 to Aug 16, 2014

• N K Singh Chouhan August 16, 2014 to April 18, 2018

• Rakesh Singh April 18, 2018 to February 15, 2020

• VD Sharma February 15, 2020 till date

• Sunderlal Patwa December 5, 1980 to Nov 30, 1983

• Kailash Joshi December 1, 1983 to March 31, 1985

• Shivprasad Chenpuria April 1 1985 to January 11, 1986

• Sunderlal Patwa January 12, 1986 to March 8, 1990

• Lakhiram Agarwal March 9, 1990 to June 10, 1994

• Lakshminarain Pandey June 14, 1994 to Nov 8, 1997

• Nandkumar Sai November 9, 1997 to July 11, 2000

• Vikram Verma July 12, 2000 to August 26, 2002

• Kailash Joshi August 27, 2002 to May 16, 2005

• Shivraj Singh Chouhan May 16, 2005 to February 27, 2006

• Satyanarayan Jatia February 27, 2006 to Nov 21, 2006

• Narendra Singh Tomar November 22, 2006 to May 7, 2010

• Prabhat Jha May 8, 2010 to December 15, 2012

• Narendra Singh Tomar December 16, 2012 to Aug 16, 2014

• N K Singh Chouhan August 16, 2014 to April 18, 2018

• Rakesh Singh April 18, 2018 to February 15, 2020

• VD Sharma February 15, 2020 till date