Sanjay Nirupam | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009-2014 | |
| Preceded by | Govinda Ahuja |
| Succeeded by | Gopal Shetty |
| Constituency | Mumbai North |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1996-2005 | |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee | |
| In office 15 January 2015 - 25 March 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1965[1] Rohtas, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Shiv Sena (1993-2005) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (2005-2024) |
| Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Website | sanjaynirupam |
Sanjay Nirupam (born 6 February 1965) is a former member of the Indian Parliament from Indian National Congress party, and former President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee.[2] Nirupam served two terms as an MP in the Rajya Sabha first as a member from the Shiv Sena and then from the Congress Party.[3] He represented North Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 to 2014.[4]
Nirupam began his journalism career in 1986. In 1993, he became chief editor of Saamana, at the time owned by the founder of Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray. He then became an MP for Shiv Sena in 1996.[5]
He was a member of Parliamentary Committees such as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Finance Committee.[citation needed] He opened the 2013–14 budget debate for Congress Party in Parliament. He was Secretary of the AICC and was also Secretary-in-Charge of the state of Bihar.[citation needed] He is one of the National spokespersons of the Congress Party to express the Party's view on different issues on TV Channels. Sanjay Nirupam lost to BJP candidate Gopal Shetty in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.[citation needed] He was appointed as President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee in 2015. He was a contestant in Bigg Boss in 2008.[citation needed]
After another poor showing at the polls, this time in the BMC elections in 2017, Nirupam tendered in his resignation as the head of the Congress Party for Mumbai.[6]
On 4th April 2024, He was Suspended for 6 years from Indian National Congress for Party Indiscipline. Later the same day, he resigned from Indian National Congress.[7]