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Dr. Kirit Jayantilal Somaiya,

Dr. Kirit Jayantilal Somaiya,
Friday, February 12, 1954
kiritbjp@gmail.com
(022) 21634152
Mumbai-North-East
As the National Convenor of the Anti-Corruption – Scam Expose Committee of the BJP, Somaiya ran a Nationwide campaign against corruption of the ruling UPA Government and its allies where he exposing several scams.
Dr. Kirit Somaiya, is current EX-MP from Mumbai-North-East [Mumbai-North-East]. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party [ BJP ].

1. In 2014 He was elected as MP from Mumbai-North-East[ BJP ].

Member of Parliament

National Secretary – Bharatiya Janata Party

Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra

Vice President – Maharashtra BJP

President – Mumbai BJP

All India Convenor - BJP Investors Cell

President – Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha

Kirit Somaiya was motivated by his mother in during his childhood to serve the country and he decided to enter into politics and concentrate on finance and economic issues at a young age.

As a student activist, Kirit took part in the Jayaprakash Narayan movement in 1975 when a State of National Emergency was declared in country. Later on, he joined the BJP and represented the Mulund Constituency of Maharashtra Assembly and the Mumbai North-East Lok Sabha Constituency.

In 1995, Somaiya contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections and got elected from the Mulund assembly where he won by a margin of 43,527 votes. As a M.L.A., he got 2 major Acts passed in the Maharashtra Assembly - Small Investors’ Protection Act of Maharashtra, Repealing Coroners Court (Post Mortem) Act and introduced the Housing Society Conveyance Bill.

In 1999 Lok Sabha election, Somaiya defeated the incumbent Gurudas Kamat of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 7,276 votes. As a parliamentarian, he submitted the maximum number of petitions to the parliament, i.e. 11 (out of 27 total petitions presented in 13th Lok Sabha) during his tenure in Lok Sabha which was the highest number of petitions submitted by any MP in the history of Indian Parliament. He was an extremely active member of the house where during his tenure he raised a total of 832 questions in the house on several issues.

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Somaiya defeated Sanjay Dina Patil of the Nationalist Congress Party by a large margin of 317,122 votes.


Member of Parliament

National Secretary – Bharatiya Janata Party

Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra

Vice President – Maharashtra BJP

President – Mumbai BJP

All India Convenor - BJP Investors Cell

President – Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha

Kirit Somaiya was motivated by his mother in during his childhood to serve the country and he decided to enter into politics and concentrate on finance and economic issues at a young age.

As a student activist, Kirit took part in the Jayaprakash Narayan movement in 1975 when a State of National Emergency was declared in country. Later on, he joined the BJP and represented the Mulund Constituency of Maharashtra Assembly and the Mumbai North-East Lok Sabha Constituency.

In 1995, Somaiya contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections and got elected from the Mulund assembly where he won by a margin of 43,527 votes. As a M.L.A., he got 2 major Acts passed in the Maharashtra Assembly - Small Investors’ Protection Act of Maharashtra, Repealing Coroners Court (Post Mortem) Act and introduced the Housing Society Conveyance Bill.

In 1999 Lok Sabha election, Somaiya defeated the incumbent Gurudas Kamat of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 7,276 votes. As a parliamentarian, he submitted the maximum number of petitions to the parliament, i.e. 11 (out of 27 total petitions presented in 13th Lok Sabha) during his tenure in Lok Sabha which was the highest number of petitions submitted by any MP in the history of Indian Parliament. He was an extremely active member of the house where during his tenure he raised a total of 832 questions in the house on several issues.

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Somaiya defeated Sanjay Dina Patil of the Nationalist Congress Party by a large margin of 317,122 votes.


Kirit Somaiya was born and brought up in Mumbai in a middle – class family. He married Medha Somaiya and they have one son.

Kirit Somaiya's son Neil has also joined BJP and is into the Youth wing of BJP. It is also to be believed that Neil's brother Harsh Somaiya is also into the Youth wing of BJP along with persuading Chartered Accountancy. The two brothers are definitely following the footsteps of Kirit Somaiya.

He graduated as Chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartererd Accountants of India (ICAI) in 1979 and also secured a rank in the All India Merit List. He was conferred with a Doctorate from the Mumbai University in 2005 – "Ph.D in Finance – Capital Market – Small Investors Protection." He is credited with submitting one of the longest thesis of 1,202 pages which was submitted in 2 volumes.


Dr. Kirit Somaiya,'s Election History

Sr.No.

Year

Party

Constituency

Election

Result

Description

1

2014

BJP

Mumbai-North-East

MP

Won

30332