Prashant Thakur is an Indian politician from

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. He is a member of the

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Early life

Thakur was born in Panvel on 5 August 1974, son of Ramsheth Changu Thakur and Shakuntala Thakur.

Ramsheth Thakur Ramsheth Thakur is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Kolaba, Maharashtra as a member of the Peasants and Workers Party of India The Peasants and Workers Party of India is a ...

is a former Member of Parliament (MP). Thakur started studying civil engineering but left after his second year. He married Varsha Thakur and raised 2 children.

Political career

Thakur was elected to the

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from

Panvel Panvel () is a city and taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is highly populated due to its closeness to Mumbai. Panvel is also governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Panvel Municipal Corpor ...

in the

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 13th Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2009. The ruling Democratic Front (Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)) contested the elections against the alliance of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ ...

as a candidate from the

. He served as Chairman of

CIDCO The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) is an Indian city planning agency and richest government authority in India which is formed and controlled by the Government of Maharashtra. CIDCO was formed on 17 March 197 ...

, a politician in Panvel contested the 2014 Maharashtra Elections. Thakur became President of the Raigad District Youth Congress Committee in 2005. He then became the President of the

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in 2006 and served until 2009. Thakur is a member of the Board of Directors at Janardan Bhagat Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha in Panvel. He is the Managing Director at Shahu Institute of Information Technology Pvt. Ltd. He serves as Managing Director of the Shahu Institute of Information Technology and the Director of Malhar Network - the core entity which organizes the popular Malhar Mahotsav at CKT College, Panvel.

Controversies

Thakur changed parties during his career. He first joined the PWP party. He then joined

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and then joined BJP. Former Uran MLA Vivek Patil warned Thakur to file PIL against him. He said "Thakur had used unfair means to acquire land for sports complex in Ulwe". The

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 ...

-led Maharashtra government removed Thakur as chairman of CIDCO, which was building the Navi Mumbai international airport with a private player.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thakur, Prashant People from Navi Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 1974 births Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Indian National Congress politicians Peasants and Workers Party of India politicians

Early life

Political career

Controversies

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