Maharashtra Elections: BJP’s Lodha Scales Mumbai’s Malabar Hill seventh Time In A Row – News18
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Maharashtra elections: In 2019, Mangal Prabhat Lodha had secured 93,538 votes, whereas the victory margin was 71,872 votes. In 2014, he bagged 97,818 votes
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Maharashtra’s politics has modified previously three a long time, however the presence of Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha within the meeting stays unchanged.
As the results of the Maharashtra meeting polls have been introduced on Saturday, Lodha marked his seventh victory from the Malabar Hill meeting seat, bagging 1.01 lakh votes and a victory margin of 68,019.
In 2019, Lodha had secured 93,538 votes, whereas the victory margin was 71,872 votes. In 2014, he bagged 97,818 votes. He has additionally received the seat in 2009, 2004, 1999 and 1995.
Malabar Hill, a small hillock in southern Mumbai, is located at a peak of fifty metres and is likely one of the highest factors in South Mumbai.
Malabar Hill is among the many few seats throughout India that choose electing the identical chief repeatedly and Lodha was not the primary one who received a number of occasions.
The seat got here in 1978 and till 1990, Balwant Desai was elected from right here 4 occasions. Though he was first elected from the Janata Social gathering in 1978 and later 3 times as Congress MLA.
विजय मलबार हिलचा, विजय महाराष्ट्राचाविजय हिंदुत्वाचा, विजय सामान्य जनतेचा!सातव्यांदा मलबार हिलची सेवा करण्याची संधी दिल्याबद्दल सर्वांचे मनःपूर्वक आभार!#MahaYutiWins #MaharashtraElection2024 #Maharashtra #HameshaAapkeSaath pic.twitter.com/Vu9Z02UBjK
— Mangal Prabhat Lodha (@MPLodha) November 23, 2024
As Maharashtra witnessed the 1995 meeting polls, Lodha got here into the image for the Malabar Hill seat when he was round 40 years previous. Now nearly 70, Lodha stays a outstanding chief.
Born in 1955 in Jodhpur, he has been related to the Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS) since childhood. He additionally served as the overall secretary of Jodhpur College.
His father, Justice Guman Mal Lodha, was a three-time MP. Following his father’s footprint, he joined the authorized occupation as an advocate in 1979.
“After a number of years, he left authorized observe on ethical grounds, as his father was appointed choose within the Rajasthan Excessive Court docket,” his official web site claims.
Lodha believed that it isn’t truthful {that a} son stands as an advocate earlier than his father who’s the choose within the courtroom.
He got here to Mumbai in 1981, obtained a job and later began his personal enterprise.
In 1992, he actively participated within the Ram Janmabhoomi Andolan in Mumbai and entered the BJP’s political circle in Mumbai. There was no trying again for him since then.
