Hitendra Thakur

Hitendra Thakur started his political career in 1988 when elected the President of the Vasai Taluka Youth Congress. Two years later, in the Maharashtra State Assembly elections in 1990, he was elected MLA for Vasai-Virar from the Indian National Congress at the age of 29. Later, he formed his own political party named Vasai Vikas Mandal which was changed to Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi and won 3 subsequent elections as well.[2]

His political party, Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) currently holds majority in the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), Vasai Taluka Panchayat Samiti and various Gram Panchayats in the region. As such he helped Vasant Davkhare get the post of Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council three times and Govinda (a Bollywood star and a close friend) win the Mumbai North seat in 2004 General elections.[3]

He and his son Kshitij are available to meet during office hours without any appointment and influence. He is fondly referred to as Loknete by his lakhs of supporters. People love to call him Appa in the Vasai-Virar region.

Thakur was born on 3 October 1961 in Virar , district Palghar (formerly Thane district) in Maharashtra, India in a middle class Hindu family hailing originally from palghar . He did his schooling in Virar and later graduated from the Vartak College in Vasai. While studying in the Vartak College, Vasai, he was elected at the post of general secretary of the student council.

In mid-2009 his elder son, Kshitij Thakur won Nalasopara seat.[4] His wife Pravina Thakur is the first woman Mayor of Vasai-Virar as his party swept the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation polls by winning 106 seats.[5] His son has graduated from London School of Business.