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- Kirit Somaiya (born 12 February 1954) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who represented Mumbai North-East in the 16th Lok Sabha and the 13th Lok Sabha. He is currently appointed as the vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party 's Maharashtra unit.
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Kirit Somaiya (born 12 February 1954) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who represented Mumbai North-East in the 16th Lok Sabha and the 13th Lok Sabha. He is currently appointed as the vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party 's Maharashtra unit.
Kirit Somaiya is an Indian politician, who is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He assumed the role of vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Maharashtra unit in August 2019. Somaiya represented Mumbai North-East in the 16th Lok Sabha.
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Kirit Somaiya, also known as Somaiya Kirit Jayantilal Kirit Somaiya – Election Affidavit, was born on Friday, 12 February 1954 (age 69 years; as of 2023) in Bombay, Bombay State, India (Present day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India). His zodiac sign is Aquarius. He did his schooling at MM Pupils High School, Khar, Mumbai. Kirit attended the Shrimati Mithi...
Kirit Somaiya, who was associated with BJP’s Youth Wing during his college days, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after the 1975 national emergency in India. In 1995, Kirit contested the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections from Mulund Constituency and won by a margin of 43,527 votes. While serving as the MLA of Mulund, Kirit enacted two sig...
Cases Where Pending
1. 1 charge related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty (IPC Section-332) 1. 1 charge related to House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint (IPC Section-452) 1. 1 charge related to Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment (IPC Section-454) 1. 4 charges related to Being a member of an unlawful assembly (IPC Section-143) 1. 3 charges related to Every member of unlawful assemb...
Violating the Model Code of Conduct
In April 2014, a complaint was lodged in the Bombay High Court against Kirit Somaiya, the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing him of violating the model code of conduct. According to the petitioner, Nikunj Dave, a resident of the constituency, Somaiya, who was running for the Mumbai North-East constituency, was seeking votes based on caste, community, and linguistic preferences. Despite multiple complaints, the petitioner alleged that both the Election Commission and the p...
Defamation Complaint by Sanjay Raut
On 12 June 2023, Sanjay Raut, a Member of Parliament and leader of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, lodged a criminal defamation complaint against Kirit Somaiya with a Mumbai court. Raut’s complaint is a response to the tweets made by Somaiya, specifically targeting Raut. In his plea, Raut asserted that Somaiya has been consistently posting defamatory statements on his Twitter account since 2022. Raut contended that those statements were baseless and intended to damage his reputatio...
Movable Assets
1. Cash: Rs. 2,15,432 1. Bank Deposits: Rs. 1,20,00,406 1. Shares and Debentures: Rs. 8,83,170 1. Postal Savings: Rs. 6,60,825 1. LIC Policy: Rs. 44,14,618 1. Loans & Advances: Rs. 26,22,173 1. Motor Vehicles: Rs. 9,30,018 1. Jewellery: Rs. 3,52,500 1. Other Assets: Rs. 92,000
Immovable Assets
1. Residential Buildings: Rs. 75,00,000 1. Other immovable assets: Rs. 4,93,866 Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable assets are according to the year 2014. It excludes the assets owned by his wife and dependents (minor). MyNeta
Kirit Somaiya’s net worth for the financial year 2013-2014 was estimated to be Rs. 2,79,96,426. It excludes the net worth of his wife and dependents (minors). MyNeta
As the leader of the Anti-Corruption – Scam Expose Committee of the BJP, Somaiya led a countrywide campaign against the corruption of the ruling UPA Government and its allies. He travelled to 16 st...
Apr 26, 2019 · A Chartered Accountant by profession, Kirit Somaiya forayed into politics during the student activists movement in 1975. Somaiya took part in the Jayaprakash Narayan movement and later...
- 12 Feb 1954 (Age 70)
- Bharatiya Janta Party
- Dr. Kirit Somaiya
- Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Sep 15, 2024 · Somaiya, who was the Lok Sabha MP from Mumbai North East, was dropped as a candidate in the 2019 general election, allegedly at the insistence of Thackeray. He was replaced by Manoj Kotak. In his letter to Danve, Somaiya has said he had already plunged himself into the BJP’s Maharashtra poll campaign and would continue to work for it.
- India Today Insight
Mumbai: Kirit Somaiya, 68, is a man of many faces – sometimes a crusader against corruption, at other times an opportunist trying to be in the good books of bosses. He is at once an asset to...
Somaiya, 69, a chartered accountant by education, shot to fame after he exposed Ponzi schemes like the ones run by CU marketing in the early 1990s. He is credited with bringing Maharashtra...
