Sulekha Kumbhare Explained

Sulekha Narayan Kumbhare (born 1962) is an Indian politician, lawyer and Ambedkarite-Buddhist activist. She is founder and president of the Bahujan Republican Ekta Manch. She served as cabinet minister from 1999 to 2014 in the Government of Maharashtra.^[1] Kumbhare was member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1999 to 2004) from the Kamthi constituency in Nagpur district as Republican Party of India.^{[2] [3] [4]} She is a member of the National Commission for Minorities.^[5] She is an Ambedkarite, and spends the rest of her life in propagating Buddhism.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: जोगेंद्र कवाड़े और पूर्व मंत्री सुलेखा कुंभारे का हाथ कांग्रेस के साथ | ex minister sulekha kumbhare join congres - Dainik Bhaskar.
2. News: Dalit leader Kumbhare backs BJP in Maharashtra polls. Press Trust of India. 28 September 2014. Business Standard.
3. Web site: Kumbhare Sulekha Naraynrao(BREM):Constituency- Kamthi(NAGPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate. ADR. myneta.info.
4. Web site: Anjaya . Anparthi . Crying foul, BREM fields candidates against partner BJP . Times of India. 6 February 2017.
5. News: Sulekha Kumbhare wants Gadkari as PM | Nagpur News - Times of India . . 25 March 2019 .
6. Web site: बौद्ध राष्ट्रात एकवाक्यता आणणार - nagpur dragon summit to begin from friday Maharashtra Times . maharashtratimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210202104437/https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/nagpur/nagpur-dragon-summit-to-begin-from-friday/articleshow/60846929.cms . 2021-02-02.
7. Web site: चुनाव लड़ने की राजनीति से सुलेखा कुंभारे ने किया स्वयं को दूर-स्पष्ट की स्थिति . 2 October 2019 .