Jains in Maharashtra are delighted that the new assembly will have seven members from the community – six from the BJP and an independent.
The last census estimated that Jains formed 1.25% of the state's population. They are 2.4% of the newly elected assembly – nearly double their proportion of the population. The numbers were similar in 2009 and 2019.
Three of the Jain MLAs in the new Vidhan Sabha are from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Mangal Prabhat Lodha from Malabar Hill, Parag Shah from Ghatkopar (East) and Narendra Mehta from Mira Bhayandar. The other three BJP Jain MLAs are Prashant Bamb from Gangapur, Chainsukh Sancheti from Mankapur and Rahul Awade from Ichalkaranji.
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