Rajan Vichare (born 1 August 1961) is an Indian politician and 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 ...

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representing

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 ...

, Maharashtra in the

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(lower house of the Indian Parliament). He has also previously been a member of the

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in 2009-2014.

Early life and career

Vichare has been in association with Shiv Sena since his childhood. Coming from a middle-class family and having worked in various blue-collar jobs, in 1985, he became a full-time worker of Sena. He is an admirer of politician

Anand Dighe Dharmaveer Anand Dighe was a senior leader & Thane district Unit Chief of Shiv Sena. He mentored many young politicians from Thane region such as Eknath Shinde & Rajan Vichare. Career Dighe joined politics at young age. He became President of ...

. Though he was chosen to contest 2014 lok sabha elections from Thane.

Terms in Office

* 2006: Mayor of

Thane Municipal Corporation Thane Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Thane in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consisting of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, p ...

* 2009: Elected to

* 2014: Elected to

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(1st Term) * 2019: Re-Elected to

(2nd Term)

References

External links

Shiv Sena official website

Official WebsiteLokasbha Website profile page as MP
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vichare, Rajan Shiv Sena politicians Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Marathi politicians People from Thane Living people India MPs 2014–2019 Mayors of Thane Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Maharashtra municipal councillors Politics of Thane district Politicians from Thane 1961 births India MPs 2019–present

Early life and career

Terms in Office

See also

References

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