Sanjay Nirupam (born 6 February 1965) is a former member of the Indian Parliament from Indian National Congress party, and former President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee. Nirupam served two terms as an MP in the

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first as a member of the

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and then as a member of the Congress Party. He represented North Mumbai

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constituency from 2009 to 2014.

Career

Nirupam began his journalism career in 1986. In 1993, he became chief editor of

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, at the time owned by the founder of

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. He then became an MP for Shiv Sena in 1996. He was a member of Parliamentary Committees such as the

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(PAC) and Finance Committee. He opened the 2013–14 budget debate for Congress Party in Parliament. He was Secretary of the

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and was also Secretary-in-Charge of the state of

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. He is one of the National spokespersons of the Congress Party to express the Party's view on different issues on TV Channels. Sanjay Nirupam lost to BJP candidate Gopal Shetty in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He was appointed President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee in 2015. He was a contestant in ''

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'' in 2008.

Political career

After another poor showing at the polls, this time in the BMC elections in 2017, Nirupam tendered his resignation as the head of the Congress Party for Mumbai. On 4th April 2024, he was suspended for 6 years by the

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for Party Indiscipline. Later the same day, he resigned from

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website"''Mumbai North MP Sanjay Nirupam has a decent fund utilisation of 82 per cent''"
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