Sada Sarvankar | |
Native Name Lang: | Marathi |
Office: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[1] |
Term Start: | 2014 |
Party: | Shiv Sena |
Nationality: | Indian |
Children: | Samadhan Sarvankar, Priya Gurav |
Occupation: | Politician |
Sada Sarvankar is an Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader from Dadar, Mumbai. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mahim Assembly Constituency.[2] He had been elected to Vidhan Sabha for three terms in 2004, 2014 and 2019.[1] [3] Before that he served as Corporator in Brighanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for three terms from 1992 to 2004 till he was asked to contest Dadar Constituency in 2004.
Sada Sarvankar had defected from the Shiv Sena to the Indian National Congress because he was denied a ticket by the Shiv Sena for the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.[4] [5] Sarvankar joined Congress in the presence of Narayan Rane who is claimed to have engineered Sarvankar's defection.[6] The Congress fielded Sada Sarvankar from the Mahim Assembly seat for the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, a move which had upset many members of the Congress in Maharashtra.[7]
Sada Sarvankar returned to the Shiv Sena before the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, contested and won in Mahim Assembly constituency.[8] [9] [10]