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Rais Shaikh (Hindi: रईस शेख, Urdu: رئیس شیخ ; (born : 1 June 1974) is an Indian Politician from Mumbai, India. He is the Municipal Councilor Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and also the Group Leader of the Samajwadi Party. He currently represents Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar of Mumbai Suburban District in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Members of Corporater
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SP
| Election | Ward | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ward No. 132 | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Ward No. 211 | Samajwadi Party | |
Political life
Rais Shaikh has carried out the work to maintain and construct dilapidated roads, resolve water shortage problems not only in his ward but the entire area of Govandi. He has multiple goals that include providing digital classrooms to all schools, setting up technology to enable virtual autopsies in post-mortem centers and has proposed to provide online birth and death certificates and underground parking below open spaces in South Mumbai.
Shaikh’s Ahtesaab Foundation has provided the first digital classroom of this city to a School in Govandi. He believes that there is a need to do something about the traffic congestion in Mumbai and hence suggested to start Mini Bus services. He has also presented a program to improve slum infrastructure.
Personal life
Rais Shaikh was the 6th child out of the 7 brothers in his family. He was in Dawoodbhoy Fazalbhoy High School, Mumbai and went to Lala Lajpatrai College. He later shifted to Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics from where he graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University.