Political Journey

Narendra B. Verma, during his college tenure was conferred with the Best Social Worker award in the year 1982-83 for his contribution toward the Saurashtra and Konkan Relief Fund Drive, by Shri I.H. Latif, the then Governor of Maharashtra, at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai.

In the late eighties, the campuses of Mumbai colleges were under the clutches of drug peddlers. Narendra B. Verma took the onus of organizing an Anti-Drug Addiction Drive with the help of the former Honorable M.P. Shri Sunil Dutt and Dr. Yusuf Merchant, who runs a Drug Rehabilitation Centre; for which Narendra B. Verma was fiercely assaulted. For this awful assault all the colleges of Mumbai under the Mumbai University were shut down for one day as a mark of protest.

In 1989, Shri Narendra B. Verma had received the honour of participating in the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students at Pyongyang, North Korea, representing the Indian Government as an inspiring student leader.

Shri M.F. Hussain, a world-renowned artist was humiliated at Willington Club for walking bare-foot. It was the humility of Narendra B. Verma, who demanded an unconditional apology, for the violation of the honour of Shri M.F. Hussain from the high officials of the Club.

In November of 1988, The National Student’s Union of India (N.S.U.I.) swept the Mumbai University Polls under the leadership of Narendra B. Verma, for 3 consecutive years, defeating Bhartiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS) formerly headed by Raj Thackrey and Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wings of Shiv Sena and BJP, respectively.

On 19th September, 1989 around 8000 students participated in the students meet under the slogan of ‘Education and Employment for all’ where all prominent state and central leaders of congress party were in attendance.

Terrorists were killed in an encounter at Lokhandwala Complex, Versova-Mumbai by brave Police officers. Narendra B. Verma felicitated them for their outstanding acts of bravery.

During Ganesh Utsav Narendra B. Verma made arrangements at the Ganesh immersion point at Seven Bungalows, Versova in his constituency, to welcome Ganesh devotees with Pushpavrushti and also arranged a team of life guards at the immersion point to prevent cases of drowning.

As a Youth President of Nationalist Youth Congress (NYC), he along with the then Excise Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Anil Deshmukh, raided many illegal Paan and Gutka shops and banned Paan Masala near schools and colleges.

For employment of the youth, Narendra B. Verma took a strong stand against the decision of the Government of Maharashtra and vehemently demanded that vacancies in government jobs should be filled.

Narendra B. Verma insisted on employment for the local unemployed youth in new commercial establishments like 5-star hotels and corporate offices to ensure that they are engaged in securing an income for their families.

After the Kargil war, Narendra B. Verma wanted to evoke the feeling of patriotism among the citizens of our country, so he approached the government and the Theatre Owner’s Association to make the singing of the National Anthem mandatory in theatres. The credit of uniting all Indians through the singing of the National Anthem goes to Narendra B. Verma in 26 jan. 2003.

Shri Narendra B. Verma donated wheelchairs for the physically challenged youths on 30th January, 2010, on the occasion of the Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

In December 2009, Honourable Shri Sharad Pawar, NCP Chief appointed Narendra B. Verma as the NCP Chief of Mumbai; and in 2012, under his leadership, NCP contested the Mumbai Municipal Corporation election in alliance with the Congress party.

In 2014, NCP Chief Honorable Shri Sharad Pawar appointed Narendra B. Verma the National Secretary/Spokesperson and co-in charge of North Eastern States like Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland and Goa.

Narendra B. Verma ushered the rise of the Students Movement. Since his leadership was brought forth by the Students Movement, he was well versed with the need and significance of education. Hence, in 1999, Narendra B. Verma ventured into the field of education and started a reputed school by the name of Jankidevi Public School in his constituency at Four Bungalows, Andheri-West,Mumbai which was inaugurated on 13th June 1999. In 2010, he launched another school in Jaipur which was inaugurated on the Rajasthan Day, 30th March that year. On his mission of lighting the torch of knowledge, he gave to his people on 26th March 2021, a world class school at Dausa, Rajasthan where his roots lie, on profound public demand. All these schools are inaugurated by Shri Sharad Pawar and Shri Praful Patel.

Jankidevi Public School is the first school in Mumbai to house a Radio station channel called JPS Wekids Radio in Mumbai and a first of its kind, Planetarium within the campus at Dausa, Rajasthan. To ensure a wholistic development of its students, Jankidevi Public School within its premises, provides fully equipped Gymnasiums separately for boys and girls, a semi-Olympic size swimming pool, activities like Squash, Skating Rifle-shooting and an enormous well equipped auditorium in Jaipur Dausa. Multipurpose Hall for Mumbai school which can accommodate 1000 persons . And all these are offered in an affordable fee structure. In future, Narendra B. Verma aspires to extend the boundaries of his temple of knowledge to other cities of Rajasthan such as Udaipur, Jodhpur, Alwar (Delhi NCR).