Yagya Datt Sharma (politician)

Yagya Datt Sharma (Hindi: यज्ञ दत्त शर्मा, 1936 – 20 May 2016) was an Indian politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh of India. He represented Indore-4 constituency to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time as an independent candidate in 1967, Indore-2 in 1977 from Indian National Congress. He again represented Indore-4 in 1980. In the early 1980s he became Speaker of the State lower house, but had to quit from his speaker-ship on the proved charges of illegal land acquisition in his constituency. He resigned on 19 July 1983; Arjun Singh was Chief Minister then.