Chitra Bahadur K.C. won the Baglung-2 seat in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the sole RJM candidate to win a seat in the First Past the Post system.
Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, the only hunting reserve in Nepal is spread over Baglung and Myagdi Districts of this zone.
Sharma was born in Rangkhani - 7, Pahi, Baglung, Nepal as a child of Chandradatta Upadhyaya and Draupada Devi.