Shiv Sena is a right-wing Marathi regionalist and ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bombay, the party agitates for preferential treatment for Maharashtrians over migrants from other parts of India. Its election symbol for Maharashtra is Bow and Arrow. Uddhav Thackeray, Bal Thackeray's son, is party leader and serves as the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Manohar Gajanan Joshi is a prominent politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999. He was Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena. He is also second Indian to be elected to all the four legislatures.
Arun Gawli also known as Arun Gulab Ahir, is an Indian politician, underworld don and former gangster. Gawli and his brother Kishor (Pappa) entered the Mumbai underworld in the 1970s, when they joined the "Byculla Company", a criminal gang led by Rama Naik and Babu Reshim, operating in the central Mumbai areas of Byculla, Parel and Saat Rasta. In 1988, after Rama Naik was killed in a police encounter, Gawli took over the gang and began operating it from his residence, Dagdi Chawl. Under his control, the gang controlled most criminal activities in the central Mumbai areas. Throughout the late eighties and nineties, Gawli's gang was involved in a power struggle with Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company gang. Gawli is also the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena political party based in Maharashtra.
Narayan Tatu Rane is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is currently serving as the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of India. He was a Cabinet Minister for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment in the Government of Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of "Maratha Manus". It was founded on 9 March 2006 in Mumbai by Raj Thackeray after he left the Shiv Sena party due to differences with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray, who is the 19th Chief Minister Of Maharashtra and to his sidelining by the Shiv Sena in major decisions like distribution of election tickets.
Washim Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Maharashtra state in western India from 1977 for 6th Lok Sabha till 2004 elections to 14t Lok Sabha. It was created in 1977 Lok Sabha elections, with abolishment of three term Khamgaon in neighbouring Buldhana district. This constituency was dissolved when the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002 was implemented with the creation of new Yavatmal-Washim.
Akhil Bharatiya Kamgar Sena is a trade union centre in Maharashtra, India. ABKS is the labour wing of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena of Arun Gawli. Gawli is the president of ABKS. At the time of its foundation, ABKS claimed a membership of 50 000. Soon after the launching of ABKS, the new union was able to take over some workplace unions previously run by Bharatiya Kamgar Sena or Maharashtra General Kamgar Union, in companies like Oberoi Hotels and the Tata Cancer Hospital. ABKS was able to establish a foothold amongst the employees at National Rayon, Reliance and public sector units like SICOM and IRCON.
Sanjay Dina Patil is an Indian politician from Mumbai. He was elected to Maharashtra State assembly in 2004 from Bhandup. In 2009, he was elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North East constituency in Maharashtra state in India, as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate. He lost the reelection for the same seat in 2014. He was succeeded by Kirit Somaiya of the Bharatiya Janata Party of India.
Maharashtra is a state in the western region of India and is India's third-largest state by area. It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population of approximately 18 million. Nagpur is Maharashtra's second, or winter, capital. Government in the state is organized on the parliamentary system. Power is devolved to large city councils, district councils, sub-district (Taluka) councils, and the village parish councils. The politics of the state are dominated by the numerically strong Maratha–Kunbi community. There are national and regional parties in the state, serving different demographics, such as those based on religion, caste, urban and rural residents.
111 Gangapur is one of the six constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Aurangabad district.
Shraddha Jadhav is a Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Gajanan Kirtikar is Leader of Shivsena and a Member of Parliament (MP) from North West Mumbai Loksabha constituency in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He has been a Member of Legislative from Malad assembly constituency in Mumbai from 1990 to 2009. He was state minister for home in Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government.
Vandana Gawli is an Indian politician, belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Sena. She is the sister-in-law of ABS leader Arun Gawli.
Ashish Shelar is an Indian politician belonging to Bhartiya Janata Party. He served as Maharashtra Legislative Assembly member representing Vandre West twice, first in 2014 and then in 2019. He was president of Mumbai unit of BJP.
Vinayak Raut is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament, Loksabha. He is leader of Shiv Sena in Lok Sabha representing Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency in the 17th Lok Sabha. Originally from Mumbai, Raut was previously elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Vile Parle of Mumbai for 1999-2004 as a Shiv Sena candidate. He was also elected as a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Shiv Sena Party in 2012. He resigned on 27 May 2014 from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Raut was elected as MP for Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency since the 2014 elections.
Rahul Ramesh Shewale is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena and the Lok Sabha member from the Mumbai South Central constituency.
Mukhed is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Nanded district. The delimitation of the constituency happened in 2008.
Sada Sarvankar is an Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader from Dadar, Mumbai. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mahim Assembly Constituency. He had been elected to Vidhan Sabha for three terms in 2004, 2014 and 2019. Before that he served as Corporator in Brighanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for three terms from 1992 to 2004 till he was asked to contest from Dadar Constituency in 2004.
Chinchpokli was one of the 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra a western state of India. Chinchpokli was also part of Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency. Chinchpokli existed till 2004 elections until Byculla was formed in 2008.
Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak is an Indian politician and a Member of the Parliament. He is elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Mumbai North East. He is also a 3-time Corporator of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and group leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the house.
