Kirit Somaiya

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Full Name	Kirit Somaiya
Occupation	Former Member of the Lok Sabha
Date Of Birth	Feb 12, 1954(1954-02-12)
Age	70
Birthplace	Mumbai
Country	India
Horoscope	Aquarius

Kirit Somaiya Biography

Kirit Somaiya is one of the most popular and richest Former Member Of The Lok Sabha who was born on February 12, 1954 in Mumbai, India. Kirit Somaiya (born 12 February 1954) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who represented Mumbai North-East in the 16th Lok Sabha and the 13th Lok Sabha . He is currently appointed as vice president of BJP’s Maharashtra unit.

In 1999 Lok Sabha election, Somaiya defeated the incumbent Gurudas Kamat of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 7,276 votes. As a parliamentarian, he submitted the maximum number of petitions to the parliament, i.e. 11 (out of 27 total petitions presented in 13th Lok Sabha) during his tenure in Lok Sabha which was the highest number of petitions submitted by any MP in the history of Indian Parliament. He was an extremely active member of the house where during his tenure he raised a total of 832 questions in the house on several issues.

Somaiya was born and brought up in Mumbai in a middle – class family. He married Medha Somaiya and they have one son.

On 27 February 2014, the BJP announced its first list of candidates for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and Somaiya was fielded as the BJP candidate from Mumbai North East. He defeated the incumbent Sanjay Dina Patil of the Sharad Pawar led Nationalist Congress Party.

In 1995, Somaiya contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections and got elected from the Mulund assembly where he won by a margin of 43,527 votes. As a M.L.A., he got 2 major Acts passed in the Maharashtra Assembly – Small Investors’ Protection Act of Maharashtra, Repealing Coroners Court (Post Mortem) Act and introduced the Housing Society Conveyance Bill.

Kirit Somaiya Net Worth

Kirit Somaiya is one of the richest Former Member of the Lok Sabha from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kirit Somaiya 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a student activist, Kirit took part in the Jayaprakash Narayan movement in 1975 when a State of National Emergency was declared in country. Later on, he joined the BJP and represented the Mulund Constituency of Maharashtra Assembly and the Mumbai North-East Lok Sabha Constituency.

He graduated as Chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartererd Accountants of India (ICAI) in 1979 and also secured a rank in the All India Merit List. He was conferred with a Doctorate from the Mumbai University in 2005 – “Ph.D in Finance – Capital Market – Small Investors Protection.” He is credited with submitting one of the longest thesis of 1,202 pages which was submitted in 2 volumes.

As the National Convenor of the Anti-Corruption – Scam Expose Committee of the BJP, Somaiya ran a Nationwide campaign against corruption of the ruling UPA Government and its allies where he travelled through 16 states and 100 districts exposing several scams. He has, however, been characteristically silent on scams and corruption within his own party like the Yeddyurappa scandal.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Kirit Somaiya Dating?

According to our records, Kirit Somaiya married to Medha Somaiya. As of December 1, 2023, Kirit Somaiya’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Kittisak Ranked on the list of most popular Former Member Of The Lok Sabha. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Kirit Somaiya celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.