Shehzad Poonawalla

Shehzad Poonawalla, is the youngest Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). He is a first generation politician and has no family in politics. Active in politics since age of 16 Shehzad Poonawalla was the NSUI Vice President of Pune City. As NSUI VP he took up many issues in Pune University for student welfare. He has been fighting for students rights and was active in taking up FTII, JNU, Rohith Vemula issue within Congress party. Shehzad was selected by Congress party for national media spokesman training as he is very articulate on TV debates. He is one of the most critical voices against BjP RSS on national and regional media. He has also been at the forefront in raising issues relating to farmer suicides. As a regular columnist for many national papers and web portals he has been championing the cause of Dalits and other disadvantaged sections.