Kshitij Thakur

Kshitij Hitendra Thakur is an Indian politician. He is currently holding the office of Member of Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Nala Sopara in the state of Maharashtra, India. He is the son of Hitendra Thakur, current M.L.A. of the region and previously for four consecutive terms. He belongs to the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi party which has a strong base in the region of Vasai and Virar in Palghar (formerly part of Thane ) district of Maharashtra. He was married on 29 January 2012 in Virar.[1]

Kshitij Hitendra Thakur
Member of Legislative Assembly for Nala Sopara, Maharashtra
Assumed office
October 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority43,729
Personal details
Born (1983-07-10) 10 July 1983
Virar, Maharashtra
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyBahujan Vikas Aghadi
ResidenceVirar, Maharashtra, India

He has been awarded for his contribution as a Young and Dynamic Philanthropist in year 2019. [2]

Early life and Education

Kshitij Thakur was born on July 10, 1983 in Virar area of Palghar district, Maharashtra, India, born to politician and Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur.His political party, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, of which Hitendra Thakur is the president, currently holds majority in the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), Vasai Taluka Panchayat Samiti and various Gram Panchayats in the region.

Political career

Early Political Career

Kshitij Thakur's father, Hitendra Thakur was the M.L.A. of the region for four consecutive terms, the first as a candidate of the Indian National Congress and the next three as an independent candidate.Thakur began his political career in 2009. The Vasai constituency was split into two-- Vasai and Nallasopara. He contested from the Nallasopara constituency from the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, led by his father Hitendra Thakur. At the age of 26, he was elected with a margin of more than 40,000 votes. His opponents, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navanirman Sena, received second and third highest votes respectively. The feat made him one of the youngest members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Vidhan Sabha Elections

In the 2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections, Hitendra Thakur stepped down voluntarily to make way for his son to enter Indian politics. After delimitation, the Vasai constituency was divided into Vasai and Nala Sopara. Kshitij Hitendra Thakur is one of the youngest members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In his first election Kshitij Thakur won with a margin of more than 40,000 votes. He got 89,284 votes, while his opposition Shiv Sena candidate Shirish Chavan got 48,502 votes. MNS aspirant Vivek Keluskar got 20,749 votes.[3]In 2014, he defeated the BJP's Rajan Balkrishna Naik, who got only 59,067 votes as against Thakur’s 1,13,566 votes. Thakur had won the 2014 elections by a margin of 54,499 votes.

Social Work

Kshitij Thakur has been involved in several philanthropic work. He has been organizing blood donation campaigns for several years.[4][5][6][7]During the pandemic, Thakur, along with BVA, organised door-to-door food and ration distribution since the beginning of the lockdown. All the food and ration was distributed free of cost. Large kitchens had been organised to cook food for those who need it. Apart from that Kshitij Thakur also helped many COVID-19 positive patients during the novel Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.[8][9]

References

[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

  1. http://www.mumbai77.com/city/2137/information-about/mass-wedding-virar-mla-kshitij-thakur/
  2. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/times-power-women-and-men-awards-honour-achievers-shilpa-shetty-ayushmann-khurrana-in-attendance/leaders-of-education-and-philanthropy/slideshow/70854186.cms
  3. http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_it-s-thakur-junior-in-nalasopara-now_1301947
  4. https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/corona-virus-ranji-cricketers-take-part-blood-donation-camp-vasai-virar-a593/
  5. https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood.html
  6. https://www.tv9marathi.com/sports/ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-in-vasai-virar-blood-donation-camp-for-corona-patients-live-news-228767.html
  7. https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-at-mca-and-viva-organised-drive-to-fight-covid-19-847086.html
  8. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-outbreak-can-politicians-work-from-home/22863237
  9. https://m.mid-day.com/articles/covid-19-impact-vasai-virar-mla-promises-free-ration-to-3-lakh-families/22702221
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIHOdzs-T1o
  11. https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/nda-constituents-in-bihar-to-repeat-lok-sabha-poll-performance-in-state-elections-bjp-leader-1714283-2020-08-23
  12. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/maharashtra-assembly-elections/news/nalasoparas-mla-ropes-in-stars-to-counter-sena-threat/articleshow/71669751.cms
  13. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/more-than-90-cricketers-donate-blood-in-virar/articleshow/76261557.cms
  14. https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/1859673
  15. https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/
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