Shobha Fadnavis

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Shobha Fadnavis is a Maharashtrian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council and a former minister in Government of Maharashtra. [1] She hails from Mul, Chandrapur district. [2] [3] She represented Saoli Vidhan Sabha constituency from 1990 to 2004 until the constituency was abolished in 2008.She is the aunt of two term Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis.

She has written several books during her political career such as Pratyancha (Biography) and Dhandola Sheticha (On Farmers).

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