Rahul Ramesh Shewale (born 14 April 1973) is an Indian politician from the

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

and served as the

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member from the Mumbai South Central constituency. Shewale is a four-time chairman of the standing committee of the

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(BMC), the municipal corporation of the city of

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. 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

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, hold the record for being appointed the chairman of the BMC standing committee the most times.

Personal life

Rahul Shewale was born on 14 April 1973 to Ramesh Sambhaji Shewale, an

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officer and Jayashri Shewale, an employee of

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. 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. Shewale is a Diploma holder in Civil Engineering from Government Polytechnic,

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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. 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

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(NDA) candidate from Mumbai South Central constituency in the

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. Shewale, a

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leader was fielded against the sitting 2-time MP and Dalit leader

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of the Congress party, which was part of the

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(UPA). Shewale got 3.8 lakh votes and won by a margin of 1.38 lakh over his nearest rival Gaikwad. After the split in Shiv Sena, Rahul Shewale left Uddhav Thackeray and went with Eknath Shinde. * * 2002: Elected as corporator in BMC * 2007: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation * 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation * 2012-2014: Standing Committee Chairman Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation * 2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha * 2019 : Elected to 17th Lok Sabha * 2022 a

References

External links

Official Website

Shiv Sena official website

Rahul Shewale Lok Sabha Profile
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