Vilas Rupawate Explained

Vilas Rupawate
Birth Date:1967 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Mumbai
Spouse:Sangita Rupawate
Children:2
Party:Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (since 2023)
Otherparty:Indian National Congress (2011–2017)
Occupation:Social worker

Vilas Rupawate (born 16 March 1967) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. In 2011, he joined the Indian National Congress.[1]

He became the General Secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee in January 2013, Rupawate became President of Nirathar Nirashrit Vyakti Vikas Vibhag under the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee on 25 September 2011.

Rupawate is founder of "Vilasbhau Rupwate Pratishthaan", which works with "Maharashtra Niraadhar Mahila Sanghatana" and "Maharashtra Devdasi Mahila Sanghatana". These organizations provide facilities for widows and devadasis. The group had organized a raasta roko protest at Kasarwadi near Pimpri-Chinchwad in June 2009.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cong woos weaker sections at city rally . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227231927/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/cong-woos-weaker-sections-at-city-rally/article1-750213.aspx . dead . 27 February 2014 . . 26 September 2011 . 20 January 2014.
  2. Web site: देवदासींचे कासारवाडी येथे रास्ता रोको . . Marathi . 23 June 2009 . 20 January 2014.
  3. Nearly 900,000 women will boycott the forthcoming elections in India's Maharashtra state, activists say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8292336.stm
  4. Web site: Vilas rupawate – YouTube. YouTube.
  5. http://vilasbhaurupawate.blogspot.in/
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218114513/http://vilasbhaurupawate.org/marathi.html{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}