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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Supriya Sule
| honorific-suffix =
| image = File:Supriya S..Sule M.P.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Supriya Pawar
| order =
| office = [[Nationalist Congress Party|Leader of Rashtrawadi Congress Party Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 2014
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| successor =
| office1 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament Lok Sabha]]
| president1 = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br>[[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>[[Ramnath Kovind]]
| term_start1 = 31 May 2009
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = [[Baramati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramati]]
| predecessor1 = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[Maharashtra]]
| president2 = [[A.P.J. Abdul Kalam]]
| term_start2 = 18 September 2006
| term_end2 = 31 May 2009
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|06|30}}
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_name = Supriya Sharad Pawar
| party = [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| spouse = Sadanand Sule
| parents = [[Sharad Pawar]] (father)<br /> Pratibha Pawar (mother)
| children = 2
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[Jai Hind College]], [[Mumbai]]
| committees =
| portfolio =
}}
'''Supriya Sule''' ({{Nee|Pawar}}; born 30 June 1969) is an Indian [[politician]] from the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and currently a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) in the [[17th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Baramati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramati]]. She previously served as an MP in the [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]] and [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]] Lok Sabhas.

In 2011, she launched a statewide campaign against female foeticide.<ref>{{cite news|title=Supriya Sule to launch statewide campaign against female foeticide|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-PUN-supriya-sule-to-launch-statewide-campaign-against-female-foeticide-2270303.html|access-date=30 August 2011|newspaper=Daily Bhaskar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816202155/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-PUN-supriya-sule-to-launch-statewide-campaign-against-female-foeticide-2270303.html|archive-date=16 August 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Recently, she has been honored with Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award by ALL Ladies League for social service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women of the Decade|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/women-of-the-decade/article_99847|access-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107080109/http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/women-of-the-decade/article_99847|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Early life==

Sule was born to Indian politician and Nationalist Congress Party founder [[Sharad Pawar]] and his wife Pratibha Pawar on 30 June 1969 in [[Pune]]. She was educated at [[Jai Hind College]] in [[Mumbai]], earning a [[B.Sc.]] degree in microbiology. She married Sadanand Bhalchandra Sule on 4 March 1991 and is the mother of Vijay (son) and Revati (daughter).<ref>{{cite web|title=Supriya Sule - Biography.|url=http://www.supriyassule.com/about-me/biography.html|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031164910/http://www.supriyassule.com/about-me/biography.html|archive-date=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Sadanand Sule is son of Bhalchandra Sule (former Managing Director of [[Mahindra and Mahindra]]) and his wife Shashi Bhatt (badminton player). Shashi was the daughter of M. D. Bhatt, an [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]] officer who served as the Chief Secretary of [[Bombay State]]. Shashi died of cancer in the year 1964 while Sadanand was two years old. Bhalchandra Sule later married Anne. Bhalchandra died in 2003. After the [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]], when the coalition government of [[Maha Vikas Aghadi]] was formed in Maharashtra, rumours surfaced on internet which claimed that Sadanand's mother was "Sudha Sule", who was claimed to be the sister of [[Bal Thackeray]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/supriya-sule-is-not-daughter-in-law-of-bal-thackerays-sister-fact-check#read-more | title=Are Supriya Sule & Bal Thackeray Related? No, Just a Viral Hoax | publisher=The Quint | date=2 December 2019 | accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref>

After marriage, she spent some time in [[California]], where she studied water pollution at UC Berkeley. Subsequently, she moved to [[Indonesia]] and [[Singapore]] and then returned to Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news|title=Business Standard|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/newsmakersupriya-sule/397765/|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607101620/http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/newsmakersupriya-sule/397765/|archive-date=7 June 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=11 June 2010|last1=Jog|first1=Sanjay}}</ref>

==Career==
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Sule was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in the September 2006 intake from Maharashtra<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|title=Rajya Sabha members|access-date=2009-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109030114/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|archive-date=9 January 2010|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and is a trustee of the [[Nehru Centre]] in Mumbai.

She led the state level campaign against female foeticide. The campaign included padayatras, college events, competitions etc.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

In 2012, under the leadership of Sule, the wing named Rashtravadi Yuvati Congress was formed to give platform to young girls in politics. For past several months, the several rallies has been organised all over Maharashtra which focused on female fetus abortion, dowry system and women empowerment in general.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==IPL allegations==
In April 2010, Sule denied allegations of financial links between her family and the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL), when reports on IPL irregularities in its ownership and functioning surfaced and led India's [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of State for External Affairs]] to resign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1221042 |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422195417/http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1221042 |archive-date=22 April 2010 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-19/india/28144258_1_shashi-tharoor-kochi-ipl-rendezvous-sports-world | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811061054/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-19/india/28144258_1_shashi-tharoor-kochi-ipl-rendezvous-sports-world | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 August 2011 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Kochi IPL row: Shashi Tharoor resigns, PM accepts | date=19 April 2010}}</ref> However, there were reports that her husband owned (via a power of attorney from his father) 10% of a firm that had exclusive multi-year broadcasting rights IPL matches.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5842005.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Pawar's son-in-law holds 10% in MSM | date=22 April 2010 | access-date=22 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426004425/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5842005.cms | archive-date=26 April 2010 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pawar's daughter fights IPL allegations |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pawars-daughter-fights-ipl-allegations-416108 |work=NDTV.com |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=April 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=My family has no connection with IPL: Supriya Sule |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/my-family-has-no-connection-with-ipl-supriya-sule/story-mW5j6LEjkJC9tegYyHFwqM.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=20 April 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=We have nothing to do with any IPL bid, says Supriya Sule |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/we-have-nothing-to-do-with-any-ipl-bid-says-supriya-sule-75874-2010-06-04 |work=PTI |publisher=India Today |date=June 4, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2010, ''[[The Economic Times]]'', India's largest business newspaper, reported that [[Sharad Pawar]] and Supriya Sule owned 16.22 percent of a firm that had bid for the [[Rising Pune Supergiant|Pune franchise]] of IPL. She had previously stated, "I say with full conviction that my husband or my family has nothing to do with these issues (the IPL bids) ... We always stay miles away from it. Yes, we are avid cricket watchers, my husband, my kids, my family, all, and that's where the buck stops." When challenged on this, she said she was just a minority shareholder and cannot be responsible for the firm's actions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pawar Family holds 16 in IPL bidder|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Politics/Nation/Pawar-family-hold-16-in-IPL-bidder/articleshow/6009628.cms?curpg=1|newspaper=Economic Times - India Times | date=4 June 2010}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official}}
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4392 Profile on Lok Sabha website]
* {{facebook|supriyasule}}
* {{twitter|supriya_sule}}
* {{instagram|supriyasule}}

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