R.P. Mukne is an Indian politician. His full name is Rajaram Pandurang Mukne, popularly known as "Anna" or "Ramrao Mukane". He was President of Jawhar Municipal Council of Jawhar, a former Princely State. He was elected unopposed as a President of Jawhar Municipal Council (1994 to 1997). He is a leader of the

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the List of political parties in India#State parties, state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra with a recognised state party statu ...

(NCP). Mukne is lawyer by profession who has been appointed as secretary of the NCP for the state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. He is more social activist than a politician working for rural,

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and needy people in

Thane District Thane district (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �ʰaːɳe 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 c ...

from last 4 decades. He was born in the

Jawhar State The Jawhar State was a princely state in India. As a princely state, it became a part of Bombay Presidency during the British Raj. It was the only state belonging to the Thana Agency. The coat of arms consisted of a shield in three parts; ...

on 5 July 1940 to Pandurang & Anusaya Mukane. His Mother Anusaya passes away at the age of 101. Mukne studied at

University of Mumbai University of Mumbai is a public state university in Mumbai. It is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 549,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. It was est ...

, earning a B.A.LLB. While serving in Central Government for eight years, he acquired higher education and obtained Degree in Law. He resigned his government post in Mumbai to practice law in remote rural areas with the motivation to help tribal and scheduled caste people and other disadvantaged populations and to be able to actively participate in social work. Mukne is well known personality in legal & social field in Thane District. He is first advocate in the Thane District among

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s and

s; and he has 45 year's long experience in profession as lawyer as will as social work, political work, article writing, and administration. Mukne is Vice President of

Maharashtra State Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the sou ...

All-India Depressed Classes League founded by

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who was

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. In 1994 he was elected unopposed for the post of President of

Jawhar Jawhar is a city and a municipal council in Palghar district of Maharashtra, Maharashtra state in Konkan division of India 130km Away from Mumbai .Jawhar was a capital city of the erstwhile Jawhar State, princely state of Jawhar. Situated in th ...

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from 1994 to 1997.

Political & social positions

Mukne entered active politics becoming the founding President of Jawhar Taluka Congress Committee and became councilor of

City from 1972 to 1977 and later on elected as a vice-president of Jawhar Municipal Council from 1977 to 1980 and 1985 to 1988 for two terms. In 1994 he was elected unopposed for the post of President of Jawhar Municipal Council from 1994 to 1997. He was elected twice as director to Thane District Central Cooperative Bank for 1993 to 2003. As a President of Taluka Congress Committee from 1978 to 1999, he worked for the implementation of Twenty Point

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anti-poverty program and Sanjay Gandhi Swavlamban va Niradhar Yojana. After separating from the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC),

Sharad Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (, pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. Pawar served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and in the Union Council of Ministers ...

founded NCP in 1999. So Mukane resigned from INC and joined NCP. He was the first President of Jawhar Taluka NCP. In 2000 he was appointed as a Vice-President of Thane District NCP. Mukne is state secretary of the NCP in Maharashtra. Advocate Mukne demanded bifurcation of Thane District. Mukne demanded full-fledged independent Jawhar District with its headquarter at Jawhar. State government considered the demand of bifurcation but was not ready to establish district headquarter at Jawhar. Mukne fought against State Government to site the district headquarters at Jawhar. But on 1 May 2014 the foundation day of the Maharashtra State, the State Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat announced bifurcation of Thane District with its headquarters at "Palghar". The eight tribal-dominated talukas of Mokhada, Jawahar, Talasari, Vikramgadh, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai included in new Palghar district. Mukne alleged that the decision to have new district headquarters at Palghar is a political one taken by the "insensitive" government under pressure of administration only for the convenience of the administrative staff of the newly created district and violation of fundamental rights, guaranteed under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution for tribal and backward class people of the region. Advocate Mukne and other local social activists and political leaders challenged the decision to have new district headquarters at Palghar by filing Public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court by opposing the Maharashtra government's decision to bifurcate Thane district and carve out a new district with its headquarters at Palghar.

Articles

Mukne had written many articles on various social issues like

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and

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, untouchability in political parties, about injustice to scheduled cast. He had written many articles against. One of his articles was noted by famous author Klaus K. Klostermaier in his book ''A Survey of Hinduism'' Rajaram Mukne supported proposed 9900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear power project of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. He appeals the local citizens to be aware of selfish politicians. He wrote articles in newspaper to support the largest nuclear power generating station in the world. Government of Maharashtra republish his article on state government official website.

References

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