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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Maharashtra Swaraj Party
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|leader = Godfrey Pimenta
|spokesperson = Alphi Dsouza
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|foundation = September 2014
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|headquarters = [[Mumbai]]
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|symbol = Nib with 7 rays
|website = www.mahaswaraj.com
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'''[[Maharashtra]] Swaraj Party''' (MSP) is a regional political party formed by the Christian community native to [[Mumbai (Bombay)]] city and the [[Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area]], in the [[Konkan division]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/East-Indian-party-to-field-5-candidates-from-Bombaysuburbs/articleshow/42831863.cms|title=East Indian party to field 5 candidates from suburbs|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 September 2014| accessdate= 26 September 2014}}</ref> The party's name draws inspiration from the phrase "''[[Swaraj]]'' is my birthright", coined by a [[Bombay East Indian]] freedom fighter and Mumbai's first mayor of Indian origin, [[Joseph Baptista|Joseph "Kaka" Baptista]]. Baptista was an associate and a [[confidant]] of [[Lokmanya Tilak]] who made the phrase popular.<ref name="eastindian">{{cite web|url=http://www.east-indians.com/profile.htm|title=Kaka Baptista|publisher=East Indian Community|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref>
The organisation, aimed at representing the East Indian community, was initiated by various local NGO's like Watchdog Foundation, Mobai Gaothan Panchayat, Bombay East Indian Association, Vakola Advanced Locality Management, Kalina Civic Forum& the Kolovery Welfare Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iamin.in/en/mumbai-north-central/news/msp-announces-candidate-list-assembly-elections-42738|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927165854/http://www.iamin.in/en/mumbai-north-central/news/msp-announces-candidate-list-assembly-elections-42738|url-status=unfit|archive-date=27 September 2014|title=MSP announces candidate list for assembly elections|publisher=[[I am in DNA of India]]|date=23 September 2014| accessdate= 26 September 2014}}</ref> MSP plans expand to the rest of Maharashtra.

==2014 Maharashtra Assembly Election==

The party fielded five candidates from Mumbai's suburbs in the 13th [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] election. Since the organisation is not registered as a political party, the candidates were fielded as independents.

Names of candidates announced by the party include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/East-Indian-candidates-will-break-Congress-Christian-vote-in-Mumbai/articleshow/43262336.cms|title=East Indian candidates will break Congress' Christian vote in Mumbai|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 September 2014| accessdate= 26 September 2014}}</ref>

* Advocate Godfrey Pimenta - [[Vile Parle (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vile Parle Vidhan Sabha Constituency]]
* Advocate Vivian D’souza - [[Kalina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalina Vidhan Sabha Constituency]]
* Advocate Shane Cardoz - [[Vandre West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bandra (W) Vidhan Sabha Constituency]]
* Ashish Fernandes - [[Dahisar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dahisar Vidhan Sabha Constituency]]
* Tony Dsouza - Malad (W) Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties established in 2014]]
[[Category:Political parties in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in India]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Political parties in India]]

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