https:\/\/www.oneindia.com\/politicians\/smt-varsha-gaikwad-44488.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n","status":"1","interviews":"0","quiz_status":"0","blab":"Varsha Gaikwad is the sitting MLA from Dharavi Vidhan Sabha constituency and the Congress candidate from the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat.<\/p>\r\n","language_id":"1","interview_status":null,"lgbtsupport":"0","vidhansabha_rank":"1"},{"test_id":"52","id":"15","name":"Vinod Tawde","birth_date":"1963-07-20","birth_place":"Mumbai, Maharashtra","party_name":"Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)","email_id":"vinodtawde@rediffmail.com","mobile_no":"9821053178","constituency_name":"Borivali","vidhansabha_constituency_id":null,"party_affiliations":"","education":"
SSC, St. Anthony High School, Santacruz (E), Mumbai, 1978<\/p>\r\n\r\n
HSC, Parle College, Mumbai, 1980<\/p>\r\n\r\n
B.E Electronics, Sant Dyaneshwar Vidyapeeth (Pune), 1984<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Vinod Tawde is a Farmer and Businessman by profession. He started his political career as a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyathari Parishad (ABVP) the students wing of the BJP. He has been elected to the Legislative Council three times where as a Leader of opposition, Vinod Tawde ensure that all the irregularities and corruption by Congress-NCP Govt is exposed, raised voice for public concern issues and toured the state extensively to ensure the allocation of funds to areas affected with natural calamities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vinod Tawde advocated for the reservation of Maratha Community and was a key figure in its implementation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The issues of youth have always been a high priority on his agenda and he worked actively towards addressing their various issues.He has also raised the concern for the MIDC to provide plots to organisations like the DICCI on a priority basis to provide self-employment to backward youth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vinod Tawde has also raised his voice on the issue of reclaiming of unused MHADA land and in 2012 asked then Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chauhan to reclaim the land.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vinod Tawde also saw that false implications and the wrong directions were taking place in the murder investigation of slain journalist J Dey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vinod Tawde has demanded early completion of the memorial of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj being built in the Arabian sea and has attempted to tweak a law to bring Shivaji Park out of the silence zone as it is a historical ground for political rallies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vinod Tawde was the first leader to demand a separate budget for agriculture in the state and consistently proposed measures that the government should implement to enhance agriculture productivity and prevent suicides in famers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In connection to the Adarsh housing society scam, Vinod Tawde demanded a special session of the state Legislature to table the action taken report (ATR), however the government took no action.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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