Bala Sawant

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Bala Sawant
Bala Sawant
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2015
Succeeded byTrupti Sawant
ConstituencyVandre East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Died(2015-01-15)January 15, 2015
Bandra , Mumbai
CitizenshipIndian
NationalityIndian
Political partyShiv Sena
Spouse(s)Trupti Sawant
OccupationPolitician

Prakash Sawant (1950-2015), better known as Bala Sawant, was an Indian politician and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly & a senior Shiv Sena leader . He was first elected to the Assembly in the 2009 election to the Bandra East constituency. He died on 9 Jan 2015.[1][2]

Political career[]

Bala Sawant was first elected to the Bombay Municipal Corporation BMC as a corporator from Kherwadi in 1997.[3] He served two more terms as a corporator in the BMC. He was re-elected to Vidhan Sabha as a Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014. Sawant headed the BMC's law panel for two consecutive terms.

Personal life[]

Bala Sawant was married to Trupti Sawant with whom he had a daughter. After his death his wife Trupti Sawant won the election from Bandra East constituency the seat he held and that was vacated after his death.[4][5][6]

Positions held[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Senior Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Bala Sawant passes away". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Shiv Sena MLA from Bandra East dead". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Bala Sawant passes away". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with Trupti Sawant (R), who defeated Congress leader Narayan Rane in the bypoll to Bandra (East) Assembly seat". thehindu.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Shiv Sena candidate Trupti Sawant files nomination for Bandra (E) by-poll". iamin.in. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Lone woman MLA of Sena, Trupti Sawant readies herself for a political career". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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