Shweta Shalini (born 8 September 1980) Official Bharatiya Janata Party Spokesperson, Advisor to Chief Minister of Maharashtra is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Maharashtra.
She works closely with Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as an advisor, election strategist and technology consultant.
Shweta Shalini is a visible as well as young dynamic Uttar Bharatiya leader in BJP-Maharashtra who hails from Bihar, married to Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) and brings together wide range of skillsets for the BJP with her corporate and entrepreneurial background.Being from Ayodhya herself and in recognition of her work in Ayodhya and ideology rooted in traditional Indian values, she was appointed General Secretary of the Ayodhya Samanvaya Samiti which was formed at the behest of petitioners of Ram Janmabhoomi movement to construct Ram Mandir at the birthplace of Lord Rama.
This Samiti having representations from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishva Hindu Parishad, Nirmohi Akhara, Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas and Shiv Sena was formed to work towards bringing together all petitioners and removing obstacles to the construction of Ram Mandir.She is an entrepreneur and founder of Fortune Cookie Ux Design before making her mark in Indian politics.
Her Corporate success with two more IT companies later on turned her into serial entrepreneur which eventually led to her being Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011.
It was followed by political career which saw her achieving greater heights bringing in corporate professionalism into politics.She has played a crucial role in the elections for the BJP across Maharashtra by being the war room in charge.
She has over the years proven her expertise in campaigning for the BJP right from the panchayat elections to Parliament elections and has a hugely successful track record in winning elections.Apart from her political role, She is Executive Director of Maharashtra Village Social Transformation Foundation (VSTF) which aims at transforming the 1000 backward villages in Maharashtra.
The Foundation which is an initiative of Government of Maharashtra and chaired by Chief Minister of Maharashtra has corporate tycoons like Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra as part of the governing council.
It is testimony to the huge success of Shweta Shalini as Executive Director that over the years, other states like Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam have started emulating this model of development credited to Devendra Fadnavis.Her work as Spokesperson of party has been noteworthy given the sheer number of educational institutions, forums, panel discussions and conferences where she has represented the BJP.
She has appeared in several news debates in English, Hindi and Marathi channels to put forth the party point of view.
Also noteworthy has been her writings in the popular Q&A website Quora.
She is one of the most popular writers on the subject "Bharatiya Janata Party" in Quora whose Alexa rankings in India for traffic to its website is way more than even websites of established media houses like NDTV, Zee News, The Indian Express and Hindustan Times.