Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
Indian Political Party in Maharashtra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (English: Bahujan Development Front) is a regional political party in the Vasai-Virar region of Maharashtra.[3] It was originally known as Vasai Vikas Aaghadi. The party is led and founded by Hitendra Thakur who was a one-time member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on an Indian National Congress ticket and two time independent MLA before founding the party.
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi | |
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Abbreviation | BVA |
President | Hitendra Thakur |
Secretary | Baliram Sukur Jadhav |
Founder | Hitendra Thakur |
Founded | 2009 |
Preceded by | Vasai Vikas Aghadi |
Headquarters | Virar |
Ideology | Minority Rights[1] |
ECI Status | State party |
Alliance |
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Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | 3 / 288 |
Election symbol | |
Website | |
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Baliram Sukur Jadhav of the BVA, backed by Hitendra Thakur, was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 and declared unconditional support to the UPA government.[4] Kshitij Thakur, MLA from Nalasopara, Rajeev Patil, the first mayor of Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation are some of the well known local leaders associated with the party.