Ram Kadam (born 24 January 1972) is an Indian former social activist and politician, currently belonging to the
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
(BJP). He has been elected
MLA for the
Ghatkopar West Vidhan Sabha constituency in 2009, 2014, and 2019.He is one of the best youth face of BJP.
Political career
Kadam joined MNS in 2009 and was elected as MLA of Ghatkopar West. In 2014, he left MNS and joined Bharatiya Janata Party & fought 2014 Vidhansabha elections of BJP ticket. He secured a handsome victory. In June 2019, Kadam said “
Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (Marathi pronunciation: ेवेंद्र फडणवीस born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the 9th and current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He served as ...
would be the next CM of
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 ...
” after rumblings from alliance partner. He won the Vidhan Sabha election in October 2019.
When he became MLA for the first time in 2009, as a member of the
MNS party, he was suspended for 4 years from the assembly on its opening day. He opposed
Abu Asim Azmi
Abu Asim Azmi (born 8 August 1955) is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Constituency, Mumbai. He belongs to the Samajwadi Party.
He is the President of the Maharashtra state branch of ...
of
Samajwadi Party
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taking the oath in
Hindi
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, and assaulted Azmi. Kadam left MNS in 2014 and joined BJP.
Social service
He started free 'odomos' distribution to watchmen, liftmen working in night shifts in Mumbai. He has also organized pilgrimage tour to Tirupati and driving classes for youngsters registering as first time voters.
Kashi Pilgrimage
He will organize free pilgrimage tour to Kashi for 51,000 elderly people. In past also, he has organized pilgrimage tours of approximately 175,000 people to Kashi, Ajmer Sharif, Palitana, Nashik Shirdi.
Dahi Handis
He organized Dahi Handis with highest prize in Mumbai. His Dahi Handi events are always visited by
Bollywood
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stars like Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal and Neha Dhupia in the past.
Jalyukta Shivir
He is instrumental in bringing water trains Jaldoot to Latur during 2015 drought. He undertook several works of Jalyukta Shivir, He is one of the best youth face .
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20111006163208/https://www.manase.org/en/home_vs2009.php
*http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/09/four-mns-mla-suspended-for-assaulting-azmi.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20091112093220/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Azmi-attacked-over-Hindi-oath-four-MNS-members-suspended/H1-Article1-474547.aspx
*http://www.ramkadam.in
Twitter Account
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Marathi politicians
Living people
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena politicians
Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014
1972 births
Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
People from Mumbai Suburban district
People from Latur
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra