Summary
Rahul Ramesh Shewale (born 14 April 1973) is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena and the Lok Sabha member from the Mumbai South Central constituency.[2]
Rahul Shewale | |
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| Member of Parliament for Mumbai South Central | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Eknath Gaikwad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1973 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Website | rahulshewale |
| Source: [[1]] | |
Shewale is a four-time chairman of the standing committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the municipal corporation of the city of Mumbai. He held the position from 2010 to 2014. His nomination for a fifth time was replaced by Yashodhar Phanse after he was declared a candidate for the Lok Sabha. He, along with his predecessor Ravindra Waikar, hold the record for being appointed the chairman of the BMC standing committee the most times.[3][4]
Personal life edit
Rahul Shewale was born on 14 April 1973 to Ramesh Sambhaji Shewale, an Indian Navy officer and Jayashri Shewale, an employee of MTNL. His elder brother Avinash is a software engineer, who has settled in the United States, while his brother Navin is a doctor. He married fellow Shiv Sena politician and BMC corporator Kamini Mayekar (Kamini Shewale) on 14 February 2005. Kamini Shewale is a housewife. The couple have two sons: Swayam and Vedant.[5]
Shewale is a Diploma holder in Civil Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Bandra.[6]
Political career edit
Besides a four-time chairman of the all-powerful standing committee of the BMC, Shewale has also headed the Market and Garden Committee and the Ward Committee and was also a member of the Law Committee.[6]
He was SS candidate from Trombay assembly seat in 2004 vidhansabha elections but lost to congress candidate.
Shewale, then a BMC corporator from Anushakti Nagar was nominated by his party as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate from Mumbai South Central constituency in the 2014 Indian general election. Shewale, a Dalit leader was fielded against the sitting 2-time MP and Dalit leader Eknath Gaikwad of the Congress party, which was part of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).[7] Shewale got 3.8 lakh votes and won by a margin of 1.38 lakh over his nearest rival Gaikwad.[8]
After the split in Shiv Sena, Rahul Shewale left Uddhav Thackeray and went with Eknath Shinde.[9]
Positions held edit
- Shakha Pramukh
- 2002: Elected as corporator in BMC
- 2007: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [10]
- 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [11]
- 2012-2014: Standing Committee Chairman Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [12]
- 2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
- 2019 : Elected to 17th Lok Sabha
- 2022 : Elected ShivSena Leader in Lok Sabha[13]
References edit
- ^ "Rahul Shewale, Loksabha Elections 2014 - Shivsena Candidate". Shivsena.org. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Loksabha Election Results 2019 : महाराष्ट्रातील विजयी उमेदवारांची यादी".
- ^ "Rahul Shewale to head BMC standing committee for the fourth consecutive time - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Shiv Sena decides to replace Rahul Shewale as standing committee chairman - News". Mid-day.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "BMC Mumbai | Dadar Shivaji Park | Mumbai Development". Rahulshewale.in. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b Rajemahadik, Vishal (20 May 2014). "Rahul Shewale promises to transform Mumbai". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "In Mumbai South Central, two Dalits set for a tight fight". The Indian Express. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Elections 2014: Shiv Sena's Rahul Shewale takes Mumbai South Central from Congress - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "12 Sena MPs with Shinde". The Indian Express. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "BMC elections 2007 winners". Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "BMC elections 2012 winners".
- ^ "Shewale to head BMC standing committee".
- ^ "शिवसेनेचे संसदीय गटनेते म्हणून राहुल शेवाळे यांची निवड". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
External links edit
- Official Website
- Shiv Sena official website Archived 1 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Rahul Shewale Lok Sabha Profile