Sanjay Baburao Bansode (born 31 December 1973) is an Indian politician from

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, who was the cabinet minister of the Maharashtra from 30 December 2019 to 29 June 2022. He is a member of

from Latur district. He became member of

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by defeating Dr.Anil Kamble of

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. He had participated in Namantar movement.

Personal life

Bansode belongs to an Ambedkarite Buddhist family. After completing matriculation in Latur, Bansode completed graduation from Deogiri College, Aurangabad.

Political career

Early career

Bansode was known as student loving leader since he showed his leadership in college. In same time, he started to work for

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. He joined

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in 1992. He was regional vice-president of

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. During Namantar movement, he traveled in

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with

president

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. He became executive president of NCP for Latur district when NCP founded in 1999. Since then he worked as regional secretary. He also worked as district president of

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Equality Council.

Elections

Bansode was defeated in triad battle to Sudhakar Bhalerao in

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. He worked for five years in the constituency. Udgir constituency is a strong point for

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, where NCP had only one district councillor and two Panchayat committee members. He won

by defeating incumbent Dr. Anil Kamble with margin of 20,000 votes. Udgir constituency got minister after 35 years. Before Bansode, Udgir (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had a state minister Balasaheb Jadhav in 1984 to '86.

Positions held

• 1992–1999: Regional vice-president of Youth Congress and member of Indian National Congress • 1999–2019: Regional Secretary of Nationalist Congress Party • 2019–present: Member Of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly • 2019–2022: Minister of state for environment, water supply and sanitation, public works, employment guarantee, earthquake rehabilitation and parliamentary affairs; Government of Maharashtra

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