Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Former Uttar Pradesh Minister and BJP Leader Anil Sharma Dies
Anil Sharma was a politician from Uttar Pradesh.
He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP.
He died on Wednesday at the age of 63.
He had been receiving treatment for cancer at a hospital in Delhi.
Sharma first became an assembly member in 2002.
At that time, he belonged to the Bahujan Samaj Party, or BSP.
He later joined the BJP and won elections from Shikarpur in 2017 and 2022.
He also served as a minister responsible for forests and the environment from 2017 to 2022.
Former Uttar Pradesh minister and BJP leader Anil Sharma died on Wednesday, according to officials and party sources.
Sharma, 63, was undergoing cancer treatment at a hospital in Delhi.
He was a native of Surajawali village in the Shikarpur area and represented the Shikarpur Assembly constituency.
Sharma first entered the Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Khurja in 2002 on a Bahujan Samaj Party ticket and retained the seat in 2007.
After joining the BJP, he won from Shikarpur in 2017 and 2022 and served as minister of state for forest and environment from 2017 to 2022.
- Who
- Anil Sharma, a former Uttar Pradesh minister and BJP leader, died at age 63.
- What
- Sharma died while undergoing cancer treatment.
- When
- Wednesday; the report is dated September 2, but it does not specify the year.
- Where
- He was receiving treatment at a hospital in Delhi; he was associated with Shikarpur in Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- The report says he had been undergoing treatment for cancer.
- Age
- 63
- Political party at death
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- First Assembly election
- 2002, from Khurja on a Bahujan Samaj Party ticket
- Later Assembly victories
- Shikarpur in 2017 and 2022 on a BJP ticket
- Ministerial role
- Minister of state for forest and environment, Uttar Pradesh, from 2017 to 2022
- Treatment
- Cancer treatment at a Delhi hospital
- Native place
- Surajawali village in the Shikarpur area