Vandana Gawli

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Vandana Gawli is an Indian politician, belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Sena. [1] [2] She is the sister-in-law of ABS leader Arun Gawli. [3]

She won the Ward 204 seat (Byculla railway station) in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections of 2007 and 2012. [4] [5] In 2007, she obtained the largest victory margin of all candidates in the election, with 11,868 votes (a victory margin of 9,512 votes). [3] After the 2012 municipal election, she became the chairperson of the municipal Civic Improvements Committee, which deals with all land reservation issues. [6]

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