Bahujan Vikas Aghadi | |
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| Abbreviation | BVA |
| President | Hitendra Thakur |
| Secretary | Baliram Sukur Jadhav |
| Founder | Hitendra Thakur |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Preceded by | Vasai Vikas Aghadi |
| Headquarters | Virar |
| Ideology | Minority Rights[1] |
| ECI Status | State party |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | 3 / 288 |
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| Website | |
| Bahujan Vikas Aghadi | |
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (English: Bahujan Development Front) is a regional political party in the Vasai-Virar region of Maharashtra.[3] It was originally known as Vasai Vikas Aaghadi. The party is led and founded by Hitendra Thakur who was a one-time member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on an Indian National Congress ticket and two time independent MLA before founding the party.
Baliram Sukur Jadhav of the BVA, backed by Hitendra Thakur, was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 and declared unconditional support to the UPA government.[4] Kshitij Thakur, MLA from Nalasopara, Rajeev Patil, the first mayor of Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation are some of the well known local leaders associated with the party.
- ^ "Bahujan Vikas Aghadi demands use of Urdu in public places". The Times of India.
- ^ "Bahujan Vikas Aghadi now joins hands with Uddhav alliance". New Indian Express. 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA)". www.bahujanvikasaghadi.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ Marpakwar, Prafulla (22 May 2009). "CM okays plan for civic body in Virar belt". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2009.