Gopaldas Shankarlal Agrawal was a member of the 13th

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. He represented the Gondiya Assembly constituency and is a member of the

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. He joined

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ahead of

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democrati ...

.Advantage BJP As Four More Opposition Leaders Cross Over In Maharashtra
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in 2024 before the Maharashtra polls and his departure from

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is seen as a huge blow to the party's influence in the

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