Name Rahul Shewale Website rahulshewale.in | Political party Shiv Sena Spouse Kamini Shewale (m. 2005) Majority 1,38,342 (17.99%) Role Indian Politician Siblings Avinash Shewale | |
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Born 14 April 1973 (age 51) ( 1973-04-14 ) Children Vedant Shewale, Swayam Shewale Parents Ramesh Sambhaji Shewale, Jayashri Shewale | ||
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Rahul Shewale (Marathi: राहुल शेवाळे)(born 1973) is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena and the Lok Sabha member from the Mumbai South Central constituency. He defeated sitting MP Eknath Gaikwad in the Indian general election, 2014.
Contents
- Chunavi Thali Watch an exclusive conversation with Rahul Shewale
- Mumbai shiv sena rahul shewale on election
- Personal life
- Political career
- Controversies
- Positions held
- References
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.
Mumbai shiv sena rahul shewale on election
Personal life
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 still a BMC corporator and is a housewife. The couple have two sons: Swayam and Vedant.
Shewale is a Diploma holder in Civil Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Bandra.
Political career
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.
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 Indian general election, 2014. 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). Shewale got 3.8 lakh votes and won by a margin of 1.38 lakh over his nearest rival Gaikwad.
Controversies
Rahul Shewale has been alleged to hide information in his affidavit for the 2012 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls. After the riots in Mankhurd, in April 2014, in which a police constable was seriously injured and Mumbai police registered a case of attempt to murder against his wife Kamini Shewale; Mr. Shewale stated that his wife was not present at the riot spot.