Laxman Sonopant Joshi (3 April 1935 – December 2014), popularly known as Anna Joshi, was a former member of the

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. He was a member of

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and later

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

. Born in 1935, Anna Joshi studied MSc at

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. He was detained under MISA in the emergency for 18 months. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 from

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. Earlier he was elected to the

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in 1980 and 1985 from Shivaji Nagar seat in Pune. BJP did not nominate him to contest 1996 Lok Sabha election from Pune. He quit BJP in 1998, and joined NCP later. He contested Vidhan Sabha election of 2009 from

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as NCP candidate but came a distant fourth.

Early life

Joshi was born on 3 April 1935 in Varangoan, Jalgaon. He pursued MSc degree from

. He was a small-scale industrialist by profession.

Political career

Positions Held

* Corporator, Municipal Corporation, Pune (1968–79) * Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Pune (1968–79) * President, B.J.P., Pune (1978–79) * Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1980-82 & 1986–90) * Member, Estimates Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1980–91) * Member, Public Undertakings Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1982–85) * Member, Petitions Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1982–85) * Member, Business Advisory Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1986–90) * Deputy Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1990–91) * Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) (1990–91)

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Anna Joshi
Politicians from Pune Maharashtra MLAs 1985–1990 India MPs 1991–1996 1935 births 2014 deaths Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Indians imprisoned during the Emergency (India) Maharashtra MLAs 1980–1985 Marathi politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-BJP-politician-stub