All India Mahila Empowerment Party

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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name= All India Mahila Empowerment Party
|abbreviation=AIMEP
|party_logo=
|founder= [[Nowhera Shaik]]
|president =[[Nowhera Shaik]]
|foundation={{start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2017|11|12|br=y}}<br/>[[New Delhi]]
|leader= [[Nowhera Shaik]]<br/>(National President)<br/>Aakil<br/>(Delhi State President)
|headquarters=[[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]
|eci=Registered Party
|ideology={{ubl|Justice And Equality of All| [[Secularism]]|[[Gender Justice]]}}
|website=[http://allindiamep.org/about.html]
|symbol=Diamond
|loksabha_leader=none |rajyasabha_leader=none
|national_convener=[[Nowhera Shaik]]}}
The '''All India Mahila Empowerment Party''' and abbreviated as, '''AIMEP''', is an [[India]]n regional political party. it
was the founded on 12 November 2017 by Nowhera Shaikh.

== History ==
The All India Mahila Empowerment Party was launched at The Lalit in New Delhi on 12 November 2017 in the presence of important personalities from different fields, including cricketer [[Mohammad Azharuddin|Mohammed Azharuddin]], tennis player [[Sania Mirza]], film stars [[Suniel Shetty|Sunil Shetty]], [[Bobby Deol]], Aftab Shivdaasani, [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Poonam Dhillon]], choreographer [[Farah Khan]], and Urdu poetess Lata Haya. The prime agenda of the party, as stated, is empowering women, irrespective of caste, creed and region. In its launching ceremony itself, the party has taken up the issue of women's representation in the Indian parliament, demanding the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill.

== Elections ==
The Election Commission of India has recognized AIMEP as a national political party allotting “Diamond” as its election symbol. AIMEP contest all 224 seats in the Karnataka Assembly Elections in April 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsnation.in/cities/bangalore-news/impressed-by-ivanka-trump-hyderabad-woman-launches-women-empowerment-party-in-bengaluru-karnataka-nowhera-shaik-all-india-mahila-empowerment-party-aimep-central-election-commission-karnataka-assembly-elections-global-entrepreneurship-summit-article-188050.html|title=Hyderabad woman launches women empowerment party in Bengaluru- News Nation|date=2017-12-11|work=www.newsnation.in|access-date=2018-01-11|language=en-US}}</ref> Despite her party's disastrous performance in the Karnataka Elections, she recently announced to contest in the upcoming Telangana elections.<ref>https://thecognate.com/after-getting-wiped-out-in-karnataka-nowhera-shaiks-mep-to-contest-in-telangana-elections/</ref> The party currently intends to contest in the parliamentary elections across the country in the year 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/mahila-empowerment-party-to-contest-karnataka-polls-117112201284_1.html|title=Mahila Empowerment Party to contest Karnataka polls|last=IANS|date=2017-11-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-01-11}}</ref>

== Leadership ==
* President: [[Nowhera Shaik]]
* Delhi state president: Aakil
* [http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=503626 Nurse Jayalakshmi joins MEP]

== Controversy ==
Party President Nowhera Shaikh Arrested by Mumbai police’s economic offences wing (EOW) on October 25 2018. She got a reprieve on 19th January 2021 when Supreme Court granted an interim bail to her. Giving her six weeks’ time, the court ordered her to clear the liabilities of all the complainants (as on date) in cases where chargesheets have either been filed or complaints have been made. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/single-mom-in-burqa-ran-multi-state-ponzi-scheme-worth-crores-till-law-caught-up/articleshow/66518692.cms|title=Nowhera Shaikh: Single mother in burqa ran multi-state Ponzi scheme worth crores till law caught up|last=Hafeez|first=Mateen|date=Nov 6, 2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-06-02}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Political parties in India]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2017]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in India]]

D. C. Srikantappa

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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = D. C. Srikantappa
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1929|3|6}}
| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|8|4|1929|3|6}}
| birth_place =[[Birur]], [[Karnataka]]
| residence =[[Birur]]
| death_place = [[Birur]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| constituency = [[Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur]]
| term = 1998–2008
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| religion =
| spouse = Lalithamma
| children = 2 sons and 1 daughter
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 23 September |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=470
}}

'''D. C. Srikantappa''' (born 6 March 1929) was a member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur]] constituency of [[Karnataka]] and was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) political party.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071030105817/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=470 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]

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[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:People from Chikkamagaluru]]
[[Category:12th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]

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