Balaji Kinikar is a

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 ...

politician from Ambernath,

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. He is a member of Legislative Assembly from Ambernath Vidhan Sabha constituency, Maharashtra, India. He has been elected for 3 consecutive terms in 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 ...

in 2009,2014 & 2019.

Controversy

On 26 December, Kinikar led a delegation of fellow Shiv Sena workers outside the office of

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executive engineer Sanjay Nanavare in

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas ...

, concerning water shortage being faced by residents of

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. During the discussion with Nanavare, SS Ulhasnagar city president Rajendra Chowdhary, party corporator Ramesh Chavan and two others ransacked the office and also smashed Nanavare's cell phone on a table and threw chairs at him. The four were arrested and charged with criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty, voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty, mischief, intentional insult, and criminal intimidation.

Positions held

* 2009: Elected to

(1st term) * 2014: Re-Elected to

(2nd term) * 2019: Re-Elected to

(3rd term)

References

External links

Official website

Shiv Sena Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kinikar, Balaji Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Shiv Sena politicians 1972 births People from Thane district People from Latur Marathi politicians