Party Name:Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Email ID:atulshahmla@hotmail.com
Mobile No:9820145496
Offices Held
Year | Party | Position |
---|---|---|
2017-Present | Bharatiya Janata Party | Corporator, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation |
1999 - 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Khetwadi Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
Education
B.Com, Siddharth College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, 1976
Early & Personal Life
Atul Shah has tours and travels business.
Career
Atul Shah has served as the chief spokesperson of the BJP Maharashtra unit and is the former MLA. He famously won the civic elections from ward 220 in 2017.
Controversy
Atul Shah challenged the result when he lost the 2017 Corporation election to Shiv Sena's Surendra Bagalkar. Atul Shah demanded recounting of votes, once recounding was done not once but for three times and in all the three rounds, there was a tie between Atul Shah and Surendra Bagalkar. They had garnered equal number of votes. Finally, it was decided that the winner should be decided by lottery. Chits were drawn. Luck favoured BJP's Atul Shah and he was declared winner.
References
https://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/080217/former-mlas-to-contest-bmc-polls.html
https://www.mumbailive.com/en/politics/2-ex-mlas-become-corporators-8290
http://myneta.info/maharashtramunicipalcorporations2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=120421
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