Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (English: ''Bahujan Development Front'') is a regional

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

in the

Vasai-Virar Vasai-Virar is an agglomeration of four previously governed municipal councils i.e. Vasai, Virar, Nala Sopara, and Navghar-Manikpur and a few villages on the west as well as the east of the congested city area. It lies in the Konkan division o ...

region of Maharashtra. It was originally known as ''Vasai Vikas Aaghadi''. The party is lead and founded by

Hitendra Thakur Hitendra Vishnu Thakur (born 3 October 1961) is an Indian politician from Virar, Maharashtra, India. He is the president of Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi, political party in the Vasai-Virar region of Maharashtra, India. He is the incumbent Member of ...

who was a one-time member of the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 me ...

on an

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ticket and two time independent MLA before founding the party. Baliram Sukur Jadhav of the BVA, backed by Hitendra Thakur, was elected to the 15th

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in 2009 and declared unconditional support to the UPA government.

Kshitij Thakur Kshitij Thakur is an Indian politician. He currently holds 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, four times MLA from Vasai. He ...

, MLA from

Nalasopara Nala Sopara or Nallasopara (Pronunciation: aːla sopaɾa formerly known as Sopara or Supara, is a town within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The town lies in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India and is governed by Vasai-Virar Municipal ...

, Rajeev Patil, the first mayor of Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation are some of the well known local leaders associated with the party.

Career

In 2009, in the 15th Lok Sabha election, Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi won the

Palghar Palghar () is a town in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, India and a municipal council. It is in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and since 2014 it has been the administrative capital of the Palghar district. Palghar lies on the West ...

seat and Baliram Jadhav became the first member of parliament from the party. Aaghadi lost the 16th Lok Sabha election to

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's Chintaman Vanga. In 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi bagged two seats:

Boisar Boisar is the largest industrial suburb in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was originally a part of the Thane district before becoming a part of the Palghar district. It is approximately 111 kilometers (6 ...

where Vilas Tare and Nalasopara where

won the elections. In the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi increased its tally to 3 seats, holding

and Nalasopara and adding

Vasai Vasai (Konkani and Marathi pronunciation: �əsəi formerly and alternatively Mahratti; ''Bajipur'', English: Bassein; Portuguese: Baçaim), is a historical place and City near Mumbai (Bombay)'s western suburbs, located in Palghar district ...

where Hitendra Thakur won.

Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation

In 2015, The BVA swept the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation polls by winning 106 seats. Vasai elected its first woman Mayor, Pravina Thakur for Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi. Pravina Thakur is married to Hitendra Thakur, MLA from

. Many of the winners faced no opposition candidate. The BVA is one of the strongest parties in Vasai-Virar region.

2019 Assembly election

In the 2019 Assembly Elections, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi won all three of the seats it contested. The newly elected MLA's are Rajesh Raghunath Patil, Kshitij Thakur, and Hitendra Thakur.

References

External links

Official Website
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