Anil Desai | |
Native Name: | अनिल देसाई |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Loksabha |
Constituency1: | Mumbai South Central |
Term Start1: | 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Rahul Shewale |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start2: | 2012 |
Term End2: | 2024 |
Predecessor2: | Manohar Joshi |
Successor2: | Murli Deora |
Constituency2: | Maharashtra |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1957 |
Birth Place: | Mumbai (Maharashtra) |
Residence: | Mumbai |
Party: | Shiv Sena(UBT) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Spouse: | Priti Desai |
Children: | Seema and Rima Desai |
Alma Mater: | Mumbai University |
Anil Desai (Marathi: अनिल देसाई) is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra.[1] [2] Anil Desai is considered to be excellent at managing elections, legal matters and back room activities. He has played a major role in managing the party’s resources and floated ideas like coining slogan, UTha Maharashtra (Wake up, Maharashtra). He is known as the party’s sober face.[3]
In 2020, Desai promoted a Two-child policy with his the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, Desai proposed to amend the Article 47A of the Constitution of India to state[4] -