Rahul Shewale

Rahul Ramesh Shewale (born 14 April 1973) is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena and served as the Lok Sabha member from the Mumbai South Central constituency.

Shewale is a four-time chairman of the standing committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the municipal corporation of the city of Mumbai. He held the position from 2010 to 2014. His nomination for a fifth time was replaced by Yashodhar Phanse after he was declared a candidate for the Lok Sabha. He, along with his predecessor Ravindra Waikar, hold the record for being appointed the chairman of the BMC standing committee the most times.

Personal life Rahul Shewale was born on 14 April 1973 to Ramesh Sambhaji Shewale, an Indian Navy officer and Jayashri Shewale, an employee of MTNL. His elder brother Avinash is a software engineer, who has settled in the United States, while his brother Navin is a doctor. He married fellow Shiv Sena politician and BMC corporator Kamini Mayekar (Kamini Shewale) on 14 February 2005. Kamini Shewale is a housewife. The couple have two sons: Swayam and Vedant.

Shewale is a Diploma holder in Civil Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Bandra.

Political career Besides a four-time chairman of the standing committee of the BMC, Shewale has also headed the Market and Garden Committee and the Ward Committee and was also a member of the Law Committee. Shewale got 3.8 lakh votes and won by a margin of 1.38 lakh over his nearest rival Gaikwad.

After the split in Shiv Sena, Rahul Shewale left Uddhav Thackeray and went with Eknath Shinde.

2002: Elected as corporator in BMC 2007: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation 2012-2014: Standing Committee Chairman Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation 2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha 2019 : Elected to 17th Lok Sabha 2022 a