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	''' Kshitij Thakur ''' is an Indian [[politician]]. He currently holds the office of [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for the constituency of [[Nala Sopara]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He is the son of [[Hitendra Thakur]], four times [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)\|MLA]] from [[Vasai]]. He belongs to the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi party which has a strong base in the region of [[Vasai-Virar\|Vasai and Virar]] in [[Palghar]] (formerly part of [[Thane]] ) district of [[Maharashtra]].		''' Kshitij Thakur ''' is an Indian [[politician]]. He currently holds the office of [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for the constituency of [[Nala Sopara]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He is the son of [[Hitendra Thakur]], four times [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)\|MLA]] from [[Vasai]]. He belongs to the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi party which has a strong base in the region of [[Vasai-Virar\|Vasai and Virar]] in [[Palghar]] (formerly part of [[Thane]]) district of [[Maharashtra]].

	Thakur was suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 20 March 2013 to 31 December 2013 for beating up a policeman inside the premises of the state assembly.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/5-maharashtra-legislators-suspended-for-thrashing-cop-inside-assembly-344773?fb \| work=[[NDTV]] \| title=5 Maharashtra Legislators suspended for thrashing cop inside assembly \| date=20 March 2013}}</ref> He was married on 29 January 2012 in Virar.<ref>http://www.mumbai77.com/city/2137/information-about/mass-wedding-virar-mla-kanhaiya-shanware/</ref>		Thakur was suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 20 March 2013 to 31 December 2013 for beating up a policeman inside the premises of the state assembly.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/5-maharashtra-legislators-suspended-for-thrashing-cop-inside-assembly-344773?fb \| work=[[NDTV]] \| title=5 Maharashtra Legislators suspended for thrashing cop inside assembly \| date=20 March 2013}}</ref> He was married on 29 January 2012 in Virar.<ref>http://www.mumbai77.com/city/2137/information-about/mass-wedding-virar-mla-kanhaiya-shanware/ {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref>

	Thakur has been awarded for his contribution as a Young and Dynamic Philanthropist in year 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/times-power-women-and-men-awards-honour-achievers-shilpa-shetty-ayushmann-khurrana-in-attendance/leaders-of-education-and-philanthropy/slideshow/70854186.cms\|title=Times Power Women and Men Awards Honour Achievers; Shilpa Shetty, Ayushmann Khurrana in Attendance - Cheers to Our Achievers}}</ref>		Thakur has been awarded for his contribution as a Young and Dynamic Philanthropist in year 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/times-power-women-and-men-awards-honour-achievers-shilpa-shetty-ayushmann-khurrana-in-attendance/leaders-of-education-and-philanthropy/slideshow/70854186.cms\|title=Times Power Women and Men Awards Honour Achievers; Shilpa Shetty, Ayushmann Khurrana in Attendance - Cheers to Our Achievers}}</ref>
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	==Social Work==		==Social Work==

	Kshitij Thakur has been involved in several philanthropic ~~work~~. He has been organizing blood donation campaigns for several years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/corona-virus-ranji-cricketers-take-part-blood-donation-camp-vasai-virar-a593/\|title=Corona Virus News : खेळाडू बनले योद्धे!; कोरोनाविरोधात रणजी क्रिकेटपटू उतरले मैदानात\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tv9marathi.com/sports/ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-in-vasai-virar-blood-donation-camp-for-corona-patients-live-news-228767.html\|title = रणजी खेळाडू 'कोरोना'विरुद्ध मैदानात, 91 क्रिकेटपटूंचे रक्तदान\|date = 8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-at-mca-and-viva-organised-drive-to-fight-covid-19-847086.html\|title=Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood at MCA and VIVA-organised drive to fight COVID-19\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref> During the pandemic, Thakur, along with BVA, organised door-to-door food and ration distribution since the beginning of the lockdown. All the food and ~~ration was~~ distributed free of cost. Large kitchens had been organised to cook food for those who need it. Apart from that Kshitij Thakur also helped many [[COVID-19]] positive patients during the novel Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.<ref>https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-outbreak-can-politicians-work-from-home/22863237</ref><ref>https://m.mid-day.com/articles/covid-19-impact-vasai-virar-mla-promises-free-ration-to-3-lakh-families/22702221</ref>		Kshitij Thakur has been involved in several philanthropic works. He has been organizing blood donation campaigns for several years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/corona-virus-ranji-cricketers-take-part-blood-donation-camp-vasai-virar-a593/\|title=Corona Virus News : खेळाडू बनले योद्धे!; कोरोनाविरोधात रणजी क्रिकेटपटू उतरले मैदानात\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tv9marathi.com/sports/ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-in-vasai-virar-blood-donation-camp-for-corona-patients-live-news-228767.html\|title = रणजी खेळाडू 'कोरोना'विरुद्ध मैदानात, 91 क्रिकेटपटूंचे रक्तदान\|date = 8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-at-mca-and-viva-organised-drive-to-fight-covid-19-847086.html\|title=Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood at MCA and VIVA-organised drive to fight COVID-19\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref> During the pandemic, Thakur, along with BVA, organised door-to-door food and ration distribution since the beginning of the lockdown. All the food and rations were distributed free of cost. Large kitchens had been organised to cook food for those who need it. Apart from that, Kshitij Thakur also helped many [[COVID-19]] positive patients during the novel Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-outbreak-can-politicians-work-from-home/22863237\|title=Coronavirus outbreak: Can politicians work from home?\|date=28 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.mid-day.com/articles/covid-19-impact-vasai-virar-mla-promises-free-ration-to-3-lakh-families/22702221\|title=Vasai-Virar MLA promises free ration to 3 lakh families\|date=30 March 2020}}</ref>

	==Assets and Liabilities==		==Assets and Liabilities==

	According to his election affidavit filed with the [[State Election Commission]] for the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, his total assets were worth {{₹\|512537756\|2014}} and his liabilities ran into {{₹\|95563255\|2014}}<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://myneta.info/maharashtra2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4273 \| work=My Neta Info \| title=Candidate profile - Kshitij Thakur, Nalasopara \| date=2014}}</ref>		According to his election affidavit filed with the [[State Election Commission]] for the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, his total assets were worth {{₹\|512537756\|2014}} and his liabilities ran into {{₹\|95563255\|2014}}.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://myneta.info/maharashtra2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4273 \| work=My Neta Info \| title=Candidate profile - Kshitij Thakur, Nalasopara \| date=2014}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/nda-constituents-in-bihar-to-repeat-lok-sabha-poll-performance-in-state-elections-bjp-leader-1714283-2020-08-23\|title=NDA constituents in Bihar to repeat Lok Sabha poll performance in state elections: BJP leader}}</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/nda-constituents-in-bihar-to-repeat-lok-sabha-poll-performance-in-state-elections-bjp-leader-1714283-2020-08-23\|title=NDA constituents in Bihar to repeat Lok Sabha poll performance in state elections: BJP leader}}</ref>
	<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/maharashtra-assembly-elections/news/nalasoparas-mla-ropes-in-stars-to-counter-sena-threat/articleshow/71669751.cms\|title=Nalasopara's MLA ropes in stars to counter Sena threat}}</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/maharashtra-assembly-elections/news/nalasoparas-mla-ropes-in-stars-to-counter-sena-threat/articleshow/71669751.cms\|title=Nalasopara's MLA ropes in stars to counter Sena threat}}</ref>
	<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/more-than-90-cricketers-donate-blood-in-virar/articleshow/76261557.cms\|title=More than 90 cricketers donate blood in Virar \| Cricket News - Times of India}}</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/more-than-90-cricketers-donate-blood-in-virar/articleshow/76261557.cms\|title=More than 90 cricketers donate blood in Virar \| Cricket News - Times of India\|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
	<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/1859673\|title=Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood}}</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/1859673\|title=Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood}}</ref>
	<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/\|title=Cricket: Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/\|title=Cricket: Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>

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	''' Kshitij Thakur ''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[politician]]. He currently holds the office of [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for the constituency of [[Nala Sopara]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He is the son of [[Hitendra Thakur]], four ~~time~~ MLA from [[Vasai]]. He belongs to the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi party which has a strong base in the region of [[Vasai-Virar\|Vasai and Virar]] in [[Palghar]] (formerly part of [[Thane]] ) district of [[Maharashtra]].		''' Kshitij Thakur ''' is an Indian [[politician]]. He currently holds the office of [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for the constituency of [[Nala Sopara]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He is the son of [[Hitendra Thakur]], four times [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)\|MLA]] from [[Vasai]]. He belongs to the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi party which has a strong base in the region of [[Vasai-Virar\|Vasai and Virar]] in [[Palghar]] (formerly part of [[Thane]] ) district of [[Maharashtra]].

	He was suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 20 March 2013 to 31 December 2013 for beating up a policeman inside the premises of the state assembly. <ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/5-maharashtra-legislators-suspended-for-thrashing-cop-inside-assembly-344773?fb \| work=[[NDTV]] \| title=5 Maharashtra Legislators suspended for thrashing cop inside assembly \| date=20 March 2013}}</ref> He was married on 29 January 2012 in Virar.<ref>http://www.mumbai77.com/city/2137/information-about/mass-wedding-virar-mla-kanhaiya-shanware/</ref>		Thakur was suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 20 March 2013 to 31 December 2013 for beating up a policeman inside the premises of the state assembly.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/5-maharashtra-legislators-suspended-for-thrashing-cop-inside-assembly-344773?fb \| work=[[NDTV]] \| title=5 Maharashtra Legislators suspended for thrashing cop inside assembly \| date=20 March 2013}}</ref> He was married on 29 January 2012 in Virar.<ref>http://www.mumbai77.com/city/2137/information-about/mass-wedding-virar-mla-kanhaiya-shanware/</ref>

	He has been awarded for his contribution as a Young and Dynamic Philanthropist in year 2019.<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/times-power-women-and-men-awards-honour-achievers-shilpa-shetty-ayushmann-khurrana-in-attendance/leaders-of-education-and-philanthropy/slideshow/70854186.cms		Thakur has been awarded for his contribution as a Young and Dynamic Philanthropist in year 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/times-power-women-and-men-awards-honour-achievers-shilpa-shetty-ayushmann-khurrana-in-attendance/leaders-of-education-and-philanthropy/slideshow/70854186.cms\|title=Times Power Women and Men Awards Honour Achievers; Shilpa Shetty, Ayushmann Khurrana in Attendance - Cheers to Our Achievers}}</ref>
	</ref>

	==Early life and ~~Education~~==		==Early life and education==
	Kshitij Thakur was born on July 10, 1983 in Virar area of Palghar district, Maharashtra, India~~, born~~ to politician and Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur.His political party, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, of which [[Hitendra Thakur]] is the president, currently holds majority in the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), Vasai Taluka Panchayat Samiti and various Gram Panchayats in the region.		Kshitij Thakur was born on July 10, 1983 in Virar area of Palghar district, Maharashtra, India to politician and Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur. His political party, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, of which [[Hitendra Thakur]] is the president, currently holds majority in the [[Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation\|Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC)]], Vasai Taluka Panchayat Samiti and various Gram Panchayats in the region.

	==Political career==		==Political career==
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	===Vidhan Sabha Elections===		===Vidhan Sabha Elections===
	In the 2009 [[2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections\|Maharashtra state assembly elections]], Hitendra Thakur stepped down voluntarily to make way for his son to enter Indian politics. After delimitation, the Vasai constituency was divided into Vasai and [[Nala Sopara]]. Kshitij Hitendra Thakur is one of the youngest members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In his first election Kshitij Thakur won with a margin of more than 40,000 votes. He got 89,284 votes, while his opposition [[Shiv Sena]] candidate Shirish Chavan got 48,502 votes. MNS aspirant Vivek Keluskar got 20,749 votes.<ref>http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_it-s-thakur-junior-in-nalasopara-now_1301947</ref> In 2014, he defeated the BJP's Rajan Balkrishna Naik, who got only 59,067 votes as against Thakur’s 1,13,566 votes. Thakur had won the 2014 elections by a margin of 54,499 votes.		In the 2009 [[2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections\|Maharashtra state assembly elections]], Hitendra Thakur stepped down voluntarily to make way for his son to enter Indian politics. After delimitation, the Vasai constituency was divided into Vasai and [[Nala Sopara]]. Kshitij Hitendra Thakur is one of the youngest members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In his first election Kshitij Thakur won with a margin of more than 40,000 votes. He got 89,284 votes, while his opposition [[Shiv Sena]] candidate Shirish Chavan got 48,502 votes. MNS aspirant Vivek Keluskar got 20,749 votes.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_it-s-thakur-junior-in-nalasopara-now_1301947\|title = It's Thakur junior in Nalasopara now\|date = 23 October 2009}}</ref> In 2014, he defeated the BJP's Rajan Balkrishna Naik, who got only 59,067 votes as against Thakur’s 1,13,566 votes. Thakur had won the 2014 elections by a margin of 54,499 votes.

	==Social Work==		==Social Work==

	Kshitij Thakur has been involved in several philanthropic work. He has been organizing blood donation campaigns for several years.<ref>https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/corona-virus-ranji-cricketers-take-part-blood-donation-camp-vasai-virar-a593/~~</ref><ref>https~~:~~//www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood.html~~</ref><ref>https://www.tv9marathi.com/sports/ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-in-vasai-virar-blood-donation-camp-for-corona-patients-live-news-228767.html</ref><ref>https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-at-mca-and-viva-organised-drive-to-fight-covid-19-847086.html</ref> During the pandemic, Thakur, along with BVA, organised door-to-door food and ration distribution since the beginning of the lockdown. All the food and ration was distributed free of cost. Large kitchens had been organised to cook food for those who need it. Apart from that Kshitij Thakur also helped many [[COVID-19]] positive patients during the novel Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.<ref>https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-outbreak-can-politicians-work-from-home/22863237</ref><ref>https://m.mid-day.com/articles/covid-19-impact-vasai-virar-mla-promises-free-ration-to-3-lakh-families/22702221</ref>		Kshitij Thakur has been involved in several philanthropic work. He has been organizing blood donation campaigns for several years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/corona-virus-ranji-cricketers-take-part-blood-donation-camp-vasai-virar-a593/\|title=Corona Virus News : खेळाडू बनले योद्धे!; कोरोनाविरोधात रणजी क्रिकेटपटू उतरले मैदानात\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tv9marathi.com/sports/ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-in-vasai-virar-blood-donation-camp-for-corona-patients-live-news-228767.html\|title = रणजी खेळाडू 'कोरोना'विरुद्ध मैदानात, 91 क्रिकेटपटूंचे रक्तदान\|date = 8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-at-mca-and-viva-organised-drive-to-fight-covid-19-847086.html\|title=Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood at MCA and VIVA-organised drive to fight COVID-19\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref> During the pandemic, Thakur, along with BVA, organised door-to-door food and ration distribution since the beginning of the lockdown. All the food and ration was distributed free of cost. Large kitchens had been organised to cook food for those who need it. Apart from that Kshitij Thakur also helped many [[COVID-19]] positive patients during the novel Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.<ref>https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-outbreak-can-politicians-work-from-home/22863237</ref><ref>https://m.mid-day.com/articles/covid-19-impact-vasai-virar-mla-promises-free-ration-to-3-lakh-families/22702221</ref>

	==Assets and Liabilities==		==Assets and Liabilities==
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	<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIHOdzs-T1o</ref>		<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/pIHOdzs-T1o Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201120130727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIHOdzs-T1o Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media\| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIHOdzs-T1o\| title = MLA Kshitij Thakur's marriage, as part of a samuh vivah of 1,016 couples \| website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
	<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/nda-constituents-in-bihar-to-repeat-lok-sabha-poll-performance-in-state-elections-bjp-leader-1714283-2020-08-23</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/nda-constituents-in-bihar-to-repeat-lok-sabha-poll-performance-in-state-elections-bjp-leader-1714283-2020-08-23\|title=NDA constituents in Bihar to repeat Lok Sabha poll performance in state elections: BJP leader}}</ref>
	<ref>https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/maharashtra-assembly-elections/news/nalasoparas-mla-ropes-in-stars-to-counter-sena-threat/articleshow/71669751.cms</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/maharashtra-assembly-elections/news/nalasoparas-mla-ropes-in-stars-to-counter-sena-threat/articleshow/71669751.cms\|title=Nalasopara's MLA ropes in stars to counter Sena threat}}</ref>
	<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/more-than-90-cricketers-donate-blood-in-virar/articleshow/76261557.cms</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/more-than-90-cricketers-donate-blood-in-virar/articleshow/76261557.cms\|title=More than 90 cricketers donate blood in Virar \| Cricket News - Times of India}}</ref>
	<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/1859673</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/1859673\|title=Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood}}</ref>
	<ref>https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/</ref>		<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/\|title=Cricket: Mumbai Ranji cricketers donate blood\|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
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''' Kshitij Thakur ''' is an [[India]]n [[politician]]. He currently holds the office of [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for the constituency of [[Nala Sopara]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He is the son of [[Hitendra Thakur]], four time MLA from [[Vasai]]. He belongs to the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi party which has a strong base in the region of [[Vasai-Virar|Vasai and Virar]] in [[Palghar]] (formerly part of [[Thane]] ) district of [[Maharashtra]].

He was suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 20 March 2013 to 31 December 2013 for beating up a policeman inside the premises of the state assembly. <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/5-maharashtra-legislators-suspended-for-thrashing-cop-inside-assembly-344773?fb | work=[[NDTV]] | title=5 Maharashtra Legislators suspended for thrashing cop inside assembly | date=20 March 2013}}</ref> He was married on 29 January 2012 in Virar.<ref>http://www.mumbai77.com/city/2137/information-about/mass-wedding-virar-mla-kanhaiya-shanware/</ref>

He has been awarded for his contribution as a Young and Dynamic Philanthropist in year 2019.<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/times-power-women-and-men-awards-honour-achievers-shilpa-shetty-ayushmann-khurrana-in-attendance/leaders-of-education-and-philanthropy/slideshow/70854186.cms
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==Early life and Education==
Kshitij Thakur was born on July 10, 1983 in Virar area of Palghar district, Maharashtra, India, born to politician and Vasai MLA Hitendra Thakur.His political party, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, of which [[Hitendra Thakur]] is the president, currently holds majority in the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), Vasai Taluka Panchayat Samiti and various Gram Panchayats in the region.

==Political career==
=== Early Political Career ===
Kshitij Thakur's father, [[Hitendra Thakur]] was the M.L.A. of the region for four consecutive terms, the first as a candidate of the Indian National Congress and the next three as an independent candidate. Thakur began his political career in 2009. The Vasai constituency was split into two—Vasai and Nallasopara. He contested from the Nallasopara constituency from the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, led by his father Hitendra Thakur. At the age of 26, he was elected with a margin of more than 40,000 votes. His opponents, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navanirman Sena, received second and third highest votes respectively. The feat made him one of the youngest members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

===Vidhan Sabha Elections===
In the 2009 [[2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections|Maharashtra state assembly elections]], Hitendra Thakur stepped down voluntarily to make way for his son to enter Indian politics. After delimitation, the Vasai constituency was divided into Vasai and [[Nala Sopara]]. Kshitij Hitendra Thakur is one of the youngest members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In his first election Kshitij Thakur won with a margin of more than 40,000 votes. He got 89,284 votes, while his opposition [[Shiv Sena]] candidate Shirish Chavan got 48,502 votes. MNS aspirant Vivek Keluskar got 20,749 votes.<ref>http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_it-s-thakur-junior-in-nalasopara-now_1301947</ref> In 2014, he defeated the BJP's Rajan Balkrishna Naik, who got only 59,067 votes as against Thakur’s 1,13,566 votes. Thakur had won the 2014 elections by a margin of 54,499 votes.

==Social Work==

Kshitij Thakur has been involved in several philanthropic work. He has been organizing blood donation campaigns for several years.<ref>https://www.lokmat.com/cricket/corona-virus-ranji-cricketers-take-part-blood-donation-camp-vasai-virar-a593/</ref><ref>https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood.html</ref><ref>https://www.tv9marathi.com/sports/ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-in-vasai-virar-blood-donation-camp-for-corona-patients-live-news-228767.html</ref><ref>https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood-at-mca-and-viva-organised-drive-to-fight-covid-19-847086.html</ref> During the pandemic, Thakur, along with BVA, organised door-to-door food and ration distribution since the beginning of the lockdown. All the food and ration was distributed free of cost. Large kitchens had been organised to cook food for those who need it. Apart from that Kshitij Thakur also helped many [[COVID-19]] positive patients during the novel Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.<ref>https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-outbreak-can-politicians-work-from-home/22863237</ref><ref>https://m.mid-day.com/articles/covid-19-impact-vasai-virar-mla-promises-free-ration-to-3-lakh-families/22702221</ref>

==Assets and Liabilities==

According to his election affidavit filed with the [[State Election Commission]] for the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, his total assets were worth {{₹|512537756|2014}} and his liabilities ran into {{₹|95563255|2014}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://myneta.info/maharashtra2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4273 | work=My Neta Info | title=Candidate profile - Kshitij Thakur, Nalasopara | date=2014}}</ref>

==References==
<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIHOdzs-T1o</ref>
<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/nda-constituents-in-bihar-to-repeat-lok-sabha-poll-performance-in-state-elections-bjp-leader-1714283-2020-08-23</ref>
<ref>https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/maharashtra-assembly-elections/news/nalasoparas-mla-ropes-in-stars-to-counter-sena-threat/articleshow/71669751.cms</ref>
<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/more-than-90-cricketers-donate-blood-in-virar/articleshow/76261557.cms</ref>
<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/1859673</ref>
<ref>https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-mumbai-ranji-cricketers-donate-blood/</ref>
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