Anandraj Ambedkar

Anandraj Yashwant Ambedkar (born 2 June 1960) is an Indian social activist, engineer and politician from Maharashtra. He is head of the Republican Sena ('Republican Army'). He is the grandson of B. R. Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution. His supporters occupied the Indu Mill land at Dadar in 2011 to highlight the long-pending demand for the Statue of Equality memorial of B. R. Ambedkar. Anandraj Ambedkar also works in the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, headed by his elder brother Prakash Ambedkar.

As an official candidate of the Republican Sena, supported by Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, Anandraj Ambedkar contested and lost in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Amravati Lok Sabha constituency.

Life
The Ambedkar family are followers of Navayana Buddhism. He has two brothers Prakash Ambedkar and Bhimrao Ambedkar, and a sister Ramabai who is married to Anand Teltumbde.