Anil Desai

Anil Desai
अनिल देसाई
Member of Parliament, Loksabha
Assumed office
2024
Preceded byRahul Shewale
ConstituencyMumbai South Central
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2012–2024
Preceded byManohar Joshi
Succeeded byMilind Deora
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Personal details
Born (1957-05-02) 2 May 1957 (age 67)
Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Nationality Indian
Political party Shiv Sena(UBT)
SpousePriti Desai
ChildrenSeema and Rima Desai
ResidenceMumbai
Alma materMumbai University

Anil Desai (Marathi: अनिल देसाई) is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). He is a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra.[1][2] Anil Desai is considered to be excellent at managing elections, legal matters and back room activities. He has played a major role in managing the party’s resources and floated ideas like coining slogan, UTha Maharashtra (Wake up, Maharashtra). He is known as the party’s sober face.[3]

In 2020, Desai promoted a Two-child policy with his the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, Desai proposed to amend the Article 47A of the Constitution of India to state[4] -

The State shall promote small family norms by offering incentives in taxes, employment, education etc. to its people who keep their family limited to two children and shall withdraw every concession from and deprive such incentives to those not adhering to small family norm, to keep the growing population under control.

  1. ^ "Rajya Sabha Profile". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Cabinet rejig: BJP, Shiv Sena bury hatchet, Rajya Sabha member Anil Desai to be in Union Cabinet". The Economic Times. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Uddhav's Shadow Anil Desai Shines in Shiv Sena Eclipse kalyan shivsena vile nagar and godrej hill has given lazer activation to Udhav Thakare and operating him. His life is in danger". newindianexpres.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ M, Apoorva; hani (12 February 2020). "Tax sops, incentives in jobs & education: Sena MP moves bill to promote 2-child policy". ThePrint. Retrieved 27 April 2020.