Raosaheb Dadarao Danve (born 18 March 1955) is an Indian politician and current Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways,

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and Ministry of Mines in

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. He is a member of

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and got elected to

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from Jalna for 5th straight time in 2019 general elections. He previously served as Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution from 30 May 2019 to July 7, 2021 and also as Maharashtra state President of

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Personal life

Danve was born to Kesharabai and Dadarao on 18 March 1956. Danve married Nirmala Tai in 1977. They have 3 daughters & Son

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, who is a

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MLA from

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Legislative Constituency.

Political career

Danve has held leadership positions at all levels of politics in India beginning since 1976. He is known as a leader with rural roots. Danve began his political career as a

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in 1978, becoming an MLA in 1990 & in 1995 from

assembly constituency, and 5 time consecutive

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since 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, & May 2019. During the

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that were held in May 2014, Danve won the Jalna constituency for the fourth time. Immediately afterwards, he was sworn in by the Prime Minister

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as the Minister of State for

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, the position he held till March 2015. Meanwhile, Maharashtra assembly elections were held in October 2014. BJP came to power and Devendra Fadnavis became first BJP Chief Minister of Maharashtra. However, as per the BJP culture, one person only holds one post a time, and hence Devendra Fadnavis resigned as the President of Maharashtra BJP and the search for a new leader commenced. Raosaheb Danve indicated to the party leadership that he was willing to resign as a minister and in January 2015 he was appointed as the President of Maharashtra BJP by

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, the national President of BJP. Raosaheb Danve is only the second person in Maharashtra BJP to hold this office while also being a Member of Parliament. Earlier, late Suryabhan Vahadane-Patil had successfully carried the dual responsibility. Danve has attracted controversy due to his freewheeling public comments that may be misconstrued objectionably. For example, in 2016, a FIR was lodged against him for asking voters to accept Laxmi coming to their homes on election eve (alluding to

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). When the prices of '' Tur'' fell in May 2017, Danve used the term ''"saale"'' to chide the ''"oversensitive farmers"''. Use of such term was criticised by the opposition parties and Danve expressed his regrets concerning his comment. Later, in 2019, he said that the word ''saale'' is a common slang term which is not derogatory in rural

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, and he never intended to offend farmers. In May 2019, Danve became Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Within BJP

*President,

Maharashtra (2014) *President, Bharatiya Janata Party

, Dist. Jalna, Maharashtra *Vice-President,

Maharashtra

Legislative

*1990-95: Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (First Terms) *1995-99: Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Two Terms) *1990-99: Chairman, Panchayati Raj Committee *1990-99: Chairman, Assurances Committee *1999-2000: Member, Committee on Commerce *2000-2004: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development *2000-2004: Member, Committee on Finance *2000-2004: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology *5 Aug. 2007: Member, Committee on Agriculture *31 Aug. 2009: Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas *31 Aug. 2009: Member, Committee on Commerce *15 July 2015 onwards: Member, Standing Committee on Information Technologyhttp://115.254.101.27/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=18&tab=0 *27 May 2014 to 5 March 2015: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution *30 May 2019 to present: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Danve, Raosaheb Living people 1956 births India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2014–2019 India MPs 2019–present Maharashtra MLAs 1990–1995 Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Jalna, Maharashtra People from Marathwada