Thane: Congress-NCP candidate from Thane parliamentary constituency celebrated his birthday on Friday by cutting a cake carrying script 'Desh ka Chowkidaar Hi Chor Hai' on it.
Anand Paranjpe is Congress-NCP alliance candidate from Thane constituency for 2019 general elections.
Paranjpe won the 2009 general elections from Kalyan Lok Sabha Constituency as Shiv Sena's candidate. In 2014, he left Shiv Sena and contested Lok Sabha elections from NCP against Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde from Kalyan Constituency but lost the election.
There are 14 criminal cases pending against Anand Paranjpe, according to his official affidavit submitted to Election Commission (EC).
Paranjpe is a mechanical engineering graduate and a Masters in Business Administration.
