Sudhir Sawant

Sudhir Sawant
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1991-1996
Preceded by Madhu Dandavate
Succeeded by Suresh Prabhu
Constituency Rajapur, Maharashtra
Personal details
Born (1955-02-09) 9 February 1955
Belgaum , Karnataka
Political party Aam Aadmi Party
Spouse(s) rashmi
Children two daughter

Sudhir Sawant is an Indian politician. He is Brigadier in Indian Army. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India defeating heavy-weight politician and Union Railway Minister Madhu Dandavate and emerging as giant killer from Rajapur, Maharashtra as a member of the Indian National Congress His father late CS Sawant was three term MLA in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as a Member of Peasants and Workers Party. Rajiv Gandhi brought Sudhir into electoral politics and gave him loksabha ticket from Rajapur Loksabha Constituency in Konkan, Maharashtra. Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi appointed Sudhir Sawant as national secretary of Indian National Congress. He is chairman of Forum for Strategic Studies, New Delhi and Tourism Co-Operative. .[1][2][3][4]. He is the founder Of sindhudurg sainik school amboli located in Amboli,sawantwadi of sindhudurg district of maharashtra. This is the only one school in Maharashtra which is run by Ex-servicemen. He is also the president of sainik patpedhi( bank for ex servicemen of sindhudurg).

He joined Aam Aadmi Party Maharashtra unit on 12 January 2018 in presence of Arvind Kejriwal [5] and on 6th June 2018 under presence of AAP National Secretary Pankaj Gupta he has been appointed as Aam Aadmi Party Maharashtra Unit Head Convenor[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Partywise Comparison since 1977 Rajapur Parliamentary Constituency". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lok Sabha Bioprofile Sudhir Sawant". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Business India. A.H. Advani. 1996. p. 162. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sudhir Sawant to join AAP party". Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  6. ↑ "'आप' की पसंद सुधीर सावंत - Navbharat Times". Navbharat Times. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
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