Vidya Thakur | |
Honorific-Prefix: | MLA |
Assembly: | Maharashtra Legislative |
Assembly2: | Maharashtra Legislative |
Constituency Am2: | Goregaon |
Predecessor2: | Subhash Desai |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Office1: | Minister Of State Women and Child Development Government of Maharashtra |
Birth Date: | 1963 6, df=yes |
Spouse: | Jaiprkash Thakur |
Occupation: | Politician |
Website: | http://www.mahabjp.org Maharashtra BJP Official Page |
Term Start1: | 31 October 2014 |
Term End1: | 24 October 2019 |
Term Start2: | 2014 |
Office3: | Deputy Mayor of Mumbai |
Term Start3: | 2007 |
Term End3: | 2009 |
Vidya Thakur (born 15 June 1963) is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Goregaon.[1] She is Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Food and Drugs Administration[2] in Devendra Fadnavis Ministry. On 10 July 2016 she was relieved of responsibility for food and drug administration in a cabinet reshuffle.
Thakur attended Kudilal Govindram Sekseria Sarvodaya School, finishing in 1977.[3]
Vidya Thakur first time won election of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in 1992.