Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi

Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (English: Bahujan Development Front) is a regional political party in the Vasai-Virar region of Maharashtra. It was originally known as Vasai Vikas Aaghadi. The party is led and founded by Hitendra Thakur who was a one-time member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on an Indian National Congress ticket and two time independent MLA before founding the party.

Bahujan Vikas Aghadi
AbbreviationBVA
PresidentHitendra Thakur
SecretaryBaliram Sukur Jadhav
FounderHitendra Thakur
Founded2009
Preceded byVasai Vikas Aghadi
HeadquartersVirar
IdeologyMinority Rights
ECI StatusState party
Alliance
  • United Progressive Alliance (2009-2014; 2019-2022)
  • National Democratic Alliance (2014-2019)
  • Maha Vikas Aghadi (2020-2022)
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
3 / 288
Election symbol
Website
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi

Baliram Sukur Jadhav of the BVA, backed by Hitendra Thakur, was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 and declared unconditional support to the UPA government. Kshitij Thakur, MLA from Nalasopara, Rajeev Patil, the first mayor of Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation are some of the well known local leaders associated with the party.

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