Ravi Rana is an Indian independent politician, social worker, and founder of the Yuva Swabhiman Party (YSP), who, as an independent candidate, was elected as an MLA for the third time in a row from the Badnera Assembly Constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2019. He made headlines in 2022 for the Hanuman Chalisa row.Apart from being a politician, Rana is a social worker and farmer.Navneet and Ravi first met at an ashram of Baba Ramdev, where Ravi Rana was organising one of Baba Ramdevs Yog Shivirs. Belonging to a Punjabi family [11]The Indian Express, Navneet Kaur Rana grew up in Mumbai, where she ventured into the entertainment industry.In 2011, Navneet and Ravi got married in a mass marriage ceremony held in Science Core Ground, Amravati, along with 3612 couples. The ceremony was attended by various famous Indian personalities including Baba Ramdev, Maulana Mahmood Madani, Vivek Oberoi, and Prithviraj Chavan.The marriage ceremony was the brainchild of Ravi Rana and Baba Ramdev for which they were recognised by the India Book of Records for organising the largest mass marriage ceremony ever performed in history. A budget of seven crores was spent on the ceremony. A picture of Ravi Rana and Navneet Rana on their wedding day, along with Baba Ramdev, receiving the India Book of Records Certificate for Largest Mass Wedding.Ravi Rana made headlines in 2015 when he was dubbed a hero for saving an old mans barbershop from encroachment. The owner of the shop, Mahadeo Chandrabhan Dehankar, was the sole bread earner of his family. After the incident, Dehankar addressed the media and said, I have been running this shop for the last 40 years and meeting both ends of my family on the strength of it. I was shocked when the AMC encroachment demolition squad served a notice on me. The thought of losing my bread and butter made me restless and I rushed to MLA Ravi Rana for help..An adherent follower of Lord Ganesha, Ravi Rana passionately celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi and installs Lord Ganeshs clay statue at his home during the festival. Ravi Rana (middle), along with his other family members, carrying Lord Ganeshas statue for visarjan.On the occasion of the birthday of his son, Ranveer, Ravi Rana contributed Rs. 11,00,000 towards the CM Farmers Relief Fund in 2017. Ravi Rana along with his wife, Navneet Kaur Rana, and Devendra Fadnavis contributing 11,00,000 towards the CM Farmers Relief Fund in 2017.Navneet and Ravi are the founders of the Yuva Swabhiman Party (YSP). Initially, YSP was a social organisation named Yuva Swabhiman, which worked for the upliftment of the poverty-stricken classes of society. Later, it converted into a political party.