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Varsha Gaikwad
Varsha Eknath Gaikwad (born 3 February 1975) is an Indian politician serving as a member of parliament, Lok Sabha. She is the President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee. Earlier, she was a four term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ( MLA) represented the Dharavi Assembly Constituency in Mumbai (2004-2024). She served as the Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra from 30 December 2019 to 29 June 2022. Gaikwad won the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. She defeated BJP candidate Adv. Ujjwal Nikam. She is one of the three Buddhist MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha. Positions held * 2004 – 2009: Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term) * 2009 – 2014: Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term) **2009 - 2010: State Minister for Medical Education, Higher and Technical Education, Tourism, Special Assistance **2010 – 2014: Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development, Government of Maharashtra * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Tirath
Krishna Tirath (born 3 March 1955) is an Indian politician from INC. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India representing the North West Delhi constituency of Delhi. She was Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Ministry of Women and Child Development in the second Manmohan Singh ministry. She left the Indian National Congress (INC) political party, and on 19 January 2015 she joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Later on in March 2019 she rejoined the Indian National Congress. She began her political career as a M.L.A in Delhi and was a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly between 1984–2004. In 1998, she became the Minister for Social Welfare, SC & ST and Labour & Employment in the Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government. The Chief Minister saw her as a part of the dissident group and forced to resign from her post by dissolving her entire Cabinet. On her resignation in 2003, she became Deputy Speaker of the Delhi Assembly. In the 2004 elections she beat An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilip Kamble
Dilip Kamble (born 1 June 1963) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was an MLA representing Bharatiya Janata Party in 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Pune Cantonment from 2014 to 2019. Early life and education Kamble is from Kasaba, Pune District, Maharashtra. He is the son of Dyandev Namdev Kamble. He completed his B.A. in 1989 at Abasheb College, which is affiliated with Pune University. Career Kamble served as a Minister of State for Social Justice and Special Assistance in the Devendra Fadnavis ministry (2014–2019). He first became an MLA winning from Pune Cantonment Assembly constituency in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ... which was won by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies. The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, though the winter session is held in Nagpur. Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council, it comprises the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of Maharashtra through elections held every five years, unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier. The current Assembly was elected in October 2019. List of assemblies The following is the list of all the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblies (1961–present): Office bearers Sessions The budget session and the monsoon session are convened in Mumbai whereas the winter session is convened in the auxiliary capital Nagpur Nagpur (; ISO 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eknath Khadse
Eknath Ganpatrao Khadse (born 2 September 1952) is a politician and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1987 until his resignation in October 2020. He is a member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra. Political career Early years Khadse lost his first election when he contested the Gram panchayat elections in Kothadi village. Later he became ''sarpanch'' of Kothadi village in 1984, remaining sarpanch until 1987. In 1989, he was elected as member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly (MLA) for the Muktainagar constituency. Khadse entered in active politics as a BJP worker in the 1980s and helped the party BJP establish its base in North Maharashtra. In 1990's Khadse led karsevaks during Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He was arrested at Jhansi by Uttarpradesh police and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pankaja Munde
Pankaja Munde (born 26 July 1979) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is elder daughter of the late Gopinath Munde, a former central cabinet minister of India and former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. She is the National Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also serves as an MLC in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. She is currently serving as Cabinet Minister for Animal Husbandry, Environment and Climate change in the Third Fadnavis ministry. Early life Pankaja Munde was born to Gopinath Munde and Pradnya Munde on 26 July 1979 as their eldest child. She has two younger sisters, Pritam Munde and Yashashari. She completed her graduation and also holds an MBA. from USA. She is a niece of Pramod Mahajan, and a cousin to Rahul Mahajan and Poonam Mahajan Poonam Mahajan (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central, Constituency, Maharashtra. She is a member of the Bha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganesh Naik
Ganesh Ramchandra Naik (born 15 September 1950) is an Indian politician. He is the Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 150-Airoli Assembly constituency. He represented Thane constituency in the past, and was the Thane Guardian Minister in the state government. He was the minister of Labour, Excise and Environment in the previous government. On February 9, 2023, Ganesh received the Maharashtra Gaurav Award for his contributions to social work. The award ceremony was held at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai, where Ganesh was honored by the former Governor of Maharashtra, Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Biography Ganesh Naik was born on 15 September 1950 in the village of Bonkode, located in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He comes from a family of farmers and began serving the people of Navi Mumbai at a young age. He has held various positions such as a trade union leader and served on Gram Panchayats. In 1994-95, he was elected as MLA in the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician in his eighth consecutive term as MLA from Shirdi Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. He is currently the Minister for Revenue, in the Government of Maharashtra and was the 1st Minister sworn in the Eknath Shinde ministry expansion, after Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis in the Cabinet Expansion held on 9 August 2022. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has been a member of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha since 1995. He was elected in the 2014 with 1,21,459 votes and most recently in 2019 with record breaking 1,32,316 votes. He is a 7-time undefeated MLA from Shirdi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. He has worked under 6 different Chief Ministers since 1995 and has held 12 different portfolios in his career. Positions Held : # Minister of Revenue in the Eknath Shinde ministry (2022–2024) # Minister of Housing in the First Fadnavis ministry (2019 - 2019) # Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Vidhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhash Zanak
Subhash Zanak was the MLA from Risod Constituency and Ex-Cabinet Minister of Women and Child Development in the Government of Maharashtra in India. He was leader from the Indian National Congress Party. Political career He was elected as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Risod, in Washim district in October 2009. He was elected from Medshi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1985, 1990 and 1995. He started his career by the guidance of his father Ramrao Zanak, who was elected as MLA from Medshi in 1980. He died on 28 October 2013 at Akola in a private hospital from cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest (also known as sudden cardiac arrest CA is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly Circulatory system, circulate around the body and the blood flow to the .... References Marathi politicians Maharashtra MLAs 1985–1990 Maharashtra MLAs 1990–1995 Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 2013 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Prakash Kohli
Om Prakash Kohli (9 August 1935 – 20 February 2023) was an Indian politician who was the Governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019. He was the president of the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 1999 to 2000 and had served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2000. He had been the president of the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) and of the ABVP. He studied at Ramjas School and Khalsa School, New Delhi. Kohli was a Master of Arts in Hindi from the University of Delhi and a lecturer at Hansraj College and Deshbandhu College for over 37 years. He was arrested under MISA during the Emergency. From 8 September 2016 to 19 January 2018, he held the additional charge of the office of Governor of Madhya Pradesh along with Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane District
Thane district (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [ʈʰaːɳe], previously named Taana or Thana) is a districts of Maharashtra, district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, in August 2014 the district was split into two with the creation of a new Palghar district, leaving the reduced Thane district with a 2011 census population of 8,070,032. The headquarters of the district is the city of Thane. Other major cities in the district are Navi Mumbai, Municipal Corporation of Kalyan-Dombivli, Kalyan-Dombivli, Mira-Bhayander, Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath, Badlapur, Murbad and Shahapur (Thane), Shahapur. The district is situated between 18°42' and 20°20' north latitudes and 72°45' and 73°48' east longitudes. The revised area of the district is 4,214 km2. The district is bounded by Nashik District, Nashik district to the north east, Pune District, Pune and Ahm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washim District
Washim district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [ʋaːʃim]) is a List of districts of Maharashtra, district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. The area of the district is . Officer Members of Parliament *Sanjay Deshmukh (Shiv Sena (1966–2022), SHS) *Anup Dhotre (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) Guardian Minister list of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector Geography Washim district is located in the western region of Vidarbha, Vidharbha (20.1390° N, 77.1025° E). Akola district, Akola lies to its north, Amravati district, Amravati lies to its north-east, Hingoli district, Hingoli lies to its south, Buldhana district, Buldhana lies to its west, Yavatmal district, Yavatmal lies to its east. River Painganga River, Penganga is the main river of the district. It flows through the Tehsil of Risod. Later it flows through the boundary of Washim and Hingoli districts. River Kas is the main tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prithviraj Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan (; born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2010 to 2014. Chavan is a graduate of BITS Pilani and University of California, Berkeley in mechanical engineering. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an entrepreneur in 1974. Referred to in the media as a technocrat with a clean, non-controversial image, a low-profile leader. Chavan served as the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (India), Prime Minister's Office in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India), Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions. Chavan was also General Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC), in-charge of many states, including Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Haryan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
