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'''Swati Shridhar Kerkar''' is an Indian social activist and politician. She is a member of [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congress terms its manifesto realistic, calls BJP's 'jhumla'|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/congress-terms-its-manifesto-realistic-calls-bjps-jhumla/articleshow/56841401.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 January 2017}}</ref>

== Early life ==
She is the daughter of Goan freedom fighter Sridhar Kerkar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2014/04/woman-candidate-hops-bikes-to-reach-electorate/|title=Meet the lone woman Lok Sabha candidate in Goa|publisher=[[Tehelka]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|issue=1 April 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==
She contested [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha election 2014]] from [[South Goa district|South Goa]] of [[Goa]] for [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2014/04/woman-candidate-hops-bikes-to-reach-electorate/|title=Meet the lone woman Lok Sabha candidate in Goa|accessdate=10 February 2017|publisher=[[Tehelka]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref> Later she resigned from [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kerkar resigns from AAP|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Kerkar-resigns-from-AAP/97823.html|publisher=Heraldgoa.in|date=14 January 2016}}</ref> She played key roles in agitations that got rid of 18 [[Special Economic Zones]] (SEZ) in [[Goa]]; the agitation against the white elephant airport at Mopa; the ''Goa Bachao Andolan'' which revolutionized village level land use planning through the Regional Plan 2021; [[India Against Corruption]], the Goan Farmer's Union and the Goan Women's Voice.<ref>{{cite news|title=Firebrand activist raises hope in Goa|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140407/nation-politics/article/firebrand-activist-raises-hope-goa|publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=7 April 2014}}</ref>

She was the only woman who contested Lok Sabha polls in Goa in 2014. She is vice-president of [[Goa Suraksha Manch]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BBSM launches its political outfit to defeat BJP|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/bbsm-launches-its-political-outfit-to-defeat-bjp/|publisher=[[The Navhind Times]]|date=2 October 2016}}</ref>

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