Ravi Rana is an independent Indian politician, social worker, and founder of the Yuva Swabhiman Party (YSP). As an independent candidate, Rana was elected as MLA from Badnera Assembly constituency for the third consecutive time in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections.
Wiki/Biography
Ravi Gangadhar Rana was born on Monday, April 28, 1980 (42 years old; as of 2022) from Shankar Nagar, Amravati, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He completed his studies in 1998. Thereafter, he pursued a bachelor’s degree in commerce at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, but dropped out in the second year. Apart from being a politician, Rana is also a social worker and farmer.
family
Parents and siblings
Ravi Rana’s father’s name is Gangadhar Narayan Rana. Not much is known about his mother and siblings.
wife and children
On February 2, 2011, Ravi Rana married actor-turned-politician Navneet Kaur Rana, who mainly works in Telugu Entertainment industry jobs.
Ravi Rana and Navneet Rana
Navneet and Ravi were among the 3,613 couples who tied the knot in a mass wedding at the Science Core Ground in Amravati, along with Baba Ramdev, Maulana The wedding was attended by prominent Indian celebrities such as Maulana Mahmood Madani, Vivek Oberoi and Prithviraj Chavan.
Ravi Rana and Navneet Rana on their wedding day pictures, along with Baba Ramdev and Vivek Oberoi )
Navneet was born into a Punjabi family and grew up in Mumbai. Navneet Rana is an independent candidate and MP from Amravati constituency. The couple met at one of Baba Ramdev’s Yog Shivirs organized by Ravi Rana. Navneet and Ravi have a son Ranveer and a daughter Aarohi.
Ravi Rana and Navneet Rana with their son Ranveer
Navneet Kaur Rana and her daughter
religion
Ravi Rana follows Hinduism.
Ravi Rana’s Facebook picture
Profession
politics
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections 2009
Ravi Rana contested the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Badnera Assembly constituency in Amravati district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra . He won the election defeating NCP candidate Sulbha Khodke by 18,771 votes. In the election, the Congress Party and the National Congress Party formed a coalition government, with Congress MP Ashok Chavan as the chief minister.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections 2014
Ravi Rana contested the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Badnera Assembly constituency. He won the election defeating Shiv Sena candidate Band Sanjay by 7419 votes.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections 2019
Ravi Rana contested the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Badnera Assembly constituency. He won the election by defeating Shiv Sena candidate Priti Band by a margin of 15,541 votes. He subsequently gave unconditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government in the state after the elections. However, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) failed to form the government, after which the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress formed a coalition under the name Maha Vikas Aghadi The Maharashtra government was formed under a new alliance with the MVA (MVA), with Uddhav Thackeray as the Prime Minister.
dispute
Arrested during farmers’ unrest (2011)
In 2011, Rana was arrested and jailed in Amravati Central Jail for participating in farmers’ agitation demanding better prices for raw cotton. Rana, along with his wife and Yuva Swabhimani Sanghatana, staged a protest against the government-backed increase in the minimum guaranteed price of raw cotton from Rs 3,300 to Rs 6,000 per quintal. While in prison, he went on an indefinite hunger strike for his cause, causing his health to deteriorate. CM Prithviraj Chavan’s envoy and Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane spoke to Rana over phone and convinced him to end the fast, but Rana refused to budge.
Conflict with Shiv Sena district chief Dinesh Boob (2019)
Ravi Rana with Shiv Sena’s Amravati district chief Dinesh Boob after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections A physical altercation occurred. When Ravi Rana reportedly accused the Shiv Sena leader of using foul language while talking about his MP wife Navneet Rana, the leader People are attending activities in a nursing home. The verbal argument then escalated into a fight, with the two men hitting each other. Soon, the police intervened and forced Dinesh Bubu and his supporters to leave the monastery.
Penalty for violating lockdown norms (2020)
In 2020, Ravi Rana was booked by the police for violating COVID-19 lockdown norms to mark BR Ambedkar’s birthday. Rana and five others demolished the barricades and broke into Amravati’s Irving Place, where a statue of BR Ambedkar stands. Thereafter, the police cited Section 188 (disobedience of an order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code against Rana.
House arrest under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2022)
On January 12, 2022, Rana was booked under Section 144 of the CrPC for installing a statue of Shivaji Maharaj’s mother on the occasion of his mother’s birthday at the Amravati Rajpath flyover. Under house arrest. Police Commissioner Ati Singh claimed that Rana and his followers illegally encroached on the flyover to install the statue. Following the incident, Yuva Swabhiman Party activists burned an effigy of Amravati Municipal Commissioner Praveen Ashtikar in front of Rana’s house to protest against the removal of the statue.
Charged with Attempted Murder (2022)
Ravi Rana has been charged with attempted murder for the 2022 attack on the Amravati Municipal Commissioner. Some women workers of Rana’s Yuva Swabhiman Party threw ink on Amravati Municipal Commissioner Dr Pravin Ashtikar. Activists are apparently angry over the removal of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj installed on the Amravati Rajpath flyover. It was alleged that the statue was installed without official permission from the municipal corporation; hence, it was removed. Rana claimed that he was not present when the incident occurred; therefore, he could not be held responsible.
Photo of Yuva Swabhiman Party woman activist throwing ink on Amravati Municipal Commissioner Pravin Ashtikar
Arrested at Hanuman Chalisa Street (2022)
On April 23, 2022, Rana and his wife Navneet Kaur Rana shouted haha in front of Matosshree, the residence of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray Hanuman Chalisa, was arrested by Mumbai police and sentenced to 14 days of judicial custody on the order of the local magistrate. The couple had earlier announced that they would recite Hanuman Chalisa in public if mosques continued to use loudspeakers to preach azan and other announcements. Thereafter, the couple was charged under IPC Sections 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc. and committing conduct prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony) and 135 Article was filed and registered. Bombay Police Act (Breach of Police Prohibition). Later, the police also added IPC Section 124-A (sedition) in the case against them. The city civil court granted bail to the couple on May 4, 2022, and the bail was set at Rs 100. $50,000 each and instructed not to speak to the media about the case.
car collection
Assets and property
movable property
- Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs 3,24,274
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs 14,70,000
- Motor vehicles: Rs 30,41,255
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs 3,50,000
- Commercial Building: Rs 30,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs 18,70,000
net worth
As of 2019, his net worth is Rs. 2,80,24,668.
Facts/Trivia
- The mass wedding held in Vidarbha in 2011 was the brainchild of Ravi Rana and Baba Ramdev and Rana’s name is included in the Indian Book of Records as it was the first in history The largest mass wedding ever held. The event, which has a budget of Rs 7 crore, integrates marriages from multiple communities.
Ravi Rana and Navneet Rana pictures on their wedding day and Baba Ramdev receives largest mass wedding certificate from India Book of Records
- In 2015, he made headlines for saving an elderly man’s barbershop from being invaded. The shop is owned by a barber named Mahadeo Chandrabhan Dehankar, who is the sole breadwinner of his family. Addressing the media, Dehankar said,
I have run this store for the past 40 years and have supported my family through it. I was shocked when I was served a notice by the AMC encroachment demolition team. The thought of losing my bread and butter made me restless and I rushed to MLA Ravi Rana for help. “
- He is a loyal follower of Lord Ganesha.
Ravi Rana carries the statue of Lord Ganesha for visarjan
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