Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Shraddha Jadhav
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Shraddha Jadhav (born c.1964) is a Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai, Maharashtra.
She served as the mayor from 1 December 2009 to 8 March 2012 of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest municipal body.[1][2] She was elected to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for six consecutive terms from 1992 to 2017.[3]
Remove ads
Personal life
Jadhav originally hails from Sangameshwar in the Konkan region of Maharashtra.[4] She is a commerce graduate.[5]
She is married to Sridhar Jadhav and has two sons, Pawan and Govind Sagar.[4] She is a resident of Parel.[4]
Her father-in-law, Mukund Jadhav, a former independent corporator, was also her political mentor.[4] Her family runs Manohar decorators and a travel agency, which is run by her husband. She is one of the richest corporators in the BMC elected in 2007.[4]
In political circles, Jadhav is known for "elegant dressing" and "fashion sense", especially her "crisp" cotton saris.[4][6]
Remove ads
Political career
In 1992, Jadhav was first elected as corporator from Parel ward 36 as an independent candidate.[5][6] She subsequently won the next two BMC elections from the same ward. In 1997, Jadhav joined the Shiv Sena and in 1998, she was selected in the 11-member council of then Mumbai Mayor Nandu Satam.[6] In 2006, she contested against Kalidas Kolambkar, a close aide of Narayan Rane, in a Maharashtra assembly by-election.[6] In 2007, she was elected as a municipal corporator from ward 169, which includes Parel and Antop Hill. Jadhav was elected Mumbai mayor on 1 December 2009, defeating Priscilla Kadam of the Congress Party by 114 for and 96 against votes in the 228-member BMC. She was the joint nominee of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance.[1][7] She became the fifth female Mayor of Mumbai, taking office after another female mayor, Shubha Raul, also from the Shiv Sena.[8]
Jadhav has headed the gardens and market committees and also the women and child welfare committees of the BMC. She has been part of the standing and improvement committee.[4] She was one of the 25 finalists for the 2010 World Mayor prize.[9]
Remove ads
Positions held
- 1992: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (1st term)
- 1997: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term)
- 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term)
- 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term)[10]
- 2009-2012: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
- 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (5th term)[11]
- 2017: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (6th term)[12]
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads