Balavant Apte
Bal Apte | |
|---|---|
| Member of Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2012 | |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Balavant Apte 18 January 1939 Bombay University. |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Balavant Apte, also called Bal Apte and Balasaheb Apte (18 January 1939 – 17 July 2012) was a lawyer, politician of the
Career
Bal Apte was a Vice President of the BJP. He had been actively involved in the legal process of the
Ram Janmabhoomi movement
. He rose to fame after the BJP's defeat in the 2009 General elections, when he was appointed to frame a report on the reasons for the Party's loss. Called the "Bal Apte Report," it was a big critique of the functioning of the party and an indirect indictment of many of its top leaders.
Apte was a dedicated
swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the National President of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and was active in ABVP for 38 Years. He was an Additional Advocate General for the State of Maharashtra and a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India
.
References
- ^ "Senior BJP leader and RSS ideologue Bal Apte passes away". The Times of India. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Bal Apte: Organisation Man, Ideal Politician". Organiser. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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