Bhavana Gawali (born 23 May 1974) is a five timer

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

representing Yavatmal-Washim

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

. She is serving as a

for this constituency since 1999. She is currently the senior most

from

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 ...

(25 years in office) She was also a member of the 13th Lok Sabha, 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha, 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha. She is a member of

Shivsena 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 Bo ...

. The

Enforcement Directorate The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Gover ...

(ED) raided several locations linked to Gawali on 30 August 2021.

Positions held

References

External links

Shiv Sena official website

Bhavana Gawali Lok Sabha Profile

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
Living people 1973 births Shiv Sena politicians India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2014–2019 India MPs 2019–present Marathi politicians Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Washim district People from Yavatmal district Women in Maharashtra politics 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians Women members of the Lok Sabha 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people {{Maharashtra-SS-politician-stub