Anandraj Ambedkar | |
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President of the Republican Sena | |
Assumed office 21 November 1998 | |
Chairman of the People's Education Society[1] | |
Assumed office 24 June 2013 | |
Chairman of the Bauddhajan Panchayat Samiti[2][3] | |
Assumed office 11 April 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bombay, Maharashtra, India | 2 June 1960
Political party | |
Spouse | Manisha Ambedkar |
Children | Sahil Ambedkar, Aman Ambedkar |
Parent | Yashwant Ambedkar |
Relatives | Ambedkar family |
Residence(s) | • 129, Rajgruha, Hindu colony, Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Profession | Engineer, Politician, and Social worker |
Anandraj Yashwant Ambedkar (born 2 June 1960) is an Indian social activist, engineer and politician from Maharashtra. He is head of the Republican Sena ('Republican Army').[4][5] He is the grandson of B. R. Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution. His supporters occupied the Indu Mill land at Dadar in 2011 to highlight the long-pending demand for the Statue of Equality memorial of B. R. Ambedkar.[6][7] Anandraj Ambedkar also works in the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, headed by his elder brother Prakash Ambedkar.[8][9][10]
As an official candidate of the Republican Sena, supported by Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, Anandraj Ambedkar contested and lost in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Amravati Lok Sabha constituency.[11]