Prakash Sawant (1950-2015), better known as Bala Sawant, was an Indian politician and a 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 memb ...

& a senior

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

leader . He was first elected to the Assembly in the 2009 election to the Bandra East constituency. He died on 9 Jan 2015.

Political career

Bala Sawant was first elected to the Bombay Municipal Corporation BMC as a

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from Kherwadi in 1997. He served two more terms as a

in the BMC. He was re-elected to

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

as a

in 2014. Sawant headed the BMC's law panel for two consecutive terms.

Personal life

Bala Sawant was married to Trupti Sawant with whom he had a daughter. After his death his wife Trupti Sawant won the election from Bandra East constituency the seat he held and that was vacated after his death.

Positions held

*Member of the

2009 & 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawant, Bala People from Bandra Marathi politicians Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Shiv Sena politicians Politicians from Mumbai Indian Hindus 2015 deaths 21st-century Indian politicians