Party Name : Shiv Sena
Constituency : Mumbai North Central
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1954-1959 Secretary, Pune Mazdoor Sabha and Kamgar Sabha (affiliated to Hind Mazdoor Sabha) 1955-1959 Member, City Council, Socialist & Praja Socialist Party, Pune 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Books Published : Pen name 'Anirudha Punarvasu'; written 16 Novels; 2 collections of Short Stories and one humorous novel, 'Mumbai Geeta' in verse and 3 essays
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Social and Cultural Activities : Managing Trustee 'Mazi Marathi Pratishthan'; Founder Member (i) Gomantak Marathi Academy, Goa (ii) Jagtik Marathi Parishad and Academy; Founder Trustee, Lokvishwas Pratishthan, Goa 1981-96; Member, 'Marathi Vikas Sanstha', Maharashtra Government, Life Member (i) Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune; (ii) Life Member & Ex-President 'Gomantak Sahitya Sangh', Goa and (iii) Mumbai Marathi Granth Sangrahalaya
Special Interests : Welfare of the handicapped kids, Dalits and the downtrodden; Social, cultural and academic activities Favourite Pastime and Reading, writing, drama and classical instrumental
Countries Visited : Canada, Mauritius and U.S.A; accompanied late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as a member of the Press party for Commonwealth Conference at Vancouver, Canada and U.S.A; Participated in the Jagtik Marathi Parishad at Mauritius
Other Information : Participated in the Freedom struggle
Election Result : Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 11,18,207 Total votes polled 5,12,190 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri Narayan Gajanan Athawalay (S.S.) 2,42,536 (2) Shri Sharad Shankar Dighe (I.N.C.) 1,53,337 (3) Shri Bapu Chandrasen Kamble (R.P.I.) 94,729 (4) Shri Vishwanath Bapu Dumpati (Ind.) 2,500
