Mukta Tilak

Mukta Shailesh Tilak (b 1965) is an Indian politician. She has been elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kasba Peth in the 2019 state elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Her nephew Rohit Tilak had contested from the same vidhan sabha seat in 2009 and 2014, but on Congress ticket, and lost each time.

She was elected Mayor of Pune for the period 2017 to 2019. Tilak is the first member of the BJP to hold the Mayor's position.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Mukta Tilak is daughter-in-law of Jayantrao Tilak (1921-2001), who was Lokmanya Tilak's grandson.

References
  1. "Mukta Shailesh Tilak(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KASBA PETH(PUNE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. DelhiOctober 24, India Today Web Desk New; October 25, 2019UPDATED:; Ist, 2019 11:31. "Maharashtra election result winners full list: Names of winning candidates of BJP, Congress, Shiv Sena, NCP". India Today. Retrieved 12 April 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  4. Saigal, Sonam (25 October 2019). "Only 19 of 235 women contestants taste victory in Maharashtra". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. "BJP's Murlidhar Mohol Elected New Mayor of Pune". NDTV.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. "BJP's Kothrud corporator set to become next Pune mayor". The Indian Express. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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