Sulekha Narayan Kumbhare (born 1962) is an Indian politician, lawyer and Ambedkarite-Buddhist activist. She is founder and president of the Bahujan Republican Ekta Manch. She served as cabinet minister from 1999 to 2014 in the Government of Maharashtra. Kumbhare was member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1999 to 2004) from the Kamthi constituency in Nagpur district as Republican Party of India. She is a member of the National Commission for Minorities. She is an Ambedkarite, and spends the rest of her life in propagating Buddhism.
References
- "जोगेंद्र कवाड़े और पूर्व मंत्री सुलेखा कुंभारे का हाथ कांग्रेस के साथ | ex minister sulekha kumbhare join congres - Dainik Bhaskar".
- Press Trust of India (28 September 2014). "Dalit leader Kumbhare backs BJP in Maharashtra polls". Business Standard.
- ADR. "Kumbhare Sulekha Naraynrao(BREM):Constituency- Kamthi(NAGPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
- Anparthi, Anjaya (6 February 2017). "Crying foul, BREM fields candidates against partner BJP". Times of India.
- ^ "Sulekha Kumbhare wants Gadkari as PM | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 March 2019.
- "बौद्ध राष्ट्रात एकवाक्यता आणणार - nagpur dragon summit to begin from friday | Maharashtra Times". maharashtratimes.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021.
- "चुनाव लड़ने की राजनीति से सुलेखा कुंभारे ने किया स्वयं को दूर-स्पष्ट की स्थिति". 2 October 2019.
- 1962 births
- Republican Party of India politicians
- Living people
- 21st-century Indian politicians
- Indian Buddhists
- 20th-century Buddhists
- 21st-century Buddhists
- Buddhist activists
- 21st-century Indian lawyers
- 20th-century Indian lawyers
- People from Nagpur district
- State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra
- Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999
- Marathi politicians
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- Women members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly