Anil Desai
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
अनिल देसाई
Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
3 April 2018
President
Chairman
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Personal details
Born (1957-05-02) 2 May 1957
Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Nationality Indian
Political partyShiv 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 Rajya Sabha, the Upper 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.

Positions held

  • 2002: All India Party Secretary, Shiv Sena[5]
  • 2005: General Secretary, Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangh (Federation), an affiliated organization of Shiv Sena[6]
  • 2012: Elected to Rajya Sabha (1st term)
  • 2018: Re-Elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term) [7]

See also

References

  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.
  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.
  5. ↑ "Shiv Sena Secretary". shivsena.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti". shivsena.org.
  7. ↑ "Rajya Sabha polls: 6 candidates from Maharashtra elected unopposed".
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