Asharam Netam

Netam is from Kanker, Chhattisgarh. His father, Jainu Ram Netam, is a farmer. He completed his B.A. in 2014 at a college affiliated with MATS University.^[1]

Netam won from Kanker Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He polled votes and defeated his nearest rival, Shankar Dhruw of the Indian National Congress, by a slender margin of 16 votes.^[4] The narrow margin of 16 votes was the closest electoral contest in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly election.^[4][5][6]