Sanjay Dulichand Rathod is a

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the

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from Digras-

Darwha Darwha is a town and a municipal council in Yavatmal district in the state of Maharashtra, India. History Locals believe Rango Bapuji Gupte, a freedom fighter had lived incognito in the town. The town is also famous for 'Golibar Chowk', squa ...

Assembly Constituency in

Yavatmal district Yavatmal district , əʋət̪maːɭformerly known as Yeotmal, is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha, in the east-central part of the state. It is Vidarbha's third-largest district by popula ...

. He is a Shiv Sena leader in

Vidarbha Vidarbha (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the west Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Forming the eastern part of the state, it comprises Amravati Division, Amrav ...

and served as a cabinet minister in the UBT government but later joined the Eknath Shinde camp in 2022.

Career

Rathod won from Digras Assembly Constituency representing Shiv Sena in the

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections were held on 2024 elections in India, 20 November 2024 to elect all 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, state's Legislative Assembly. The turnout for the election was 66.05%, ...

. He polled 143,115 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Thakare Manikrao Govindrao of 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 ...

by a margin of 28,775 votes. Sanjay Rathod began his political career at the age of 21 by joining the Shiv Shakti Organisation. He became an MLA for the first time on Shiv Sena ticket winning the

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2004. The major alliances were the Democratic Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena alliance. Other political parties contested were the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Sama ...

from Darwha Assembly constituency, which ceased to exist from 2008. Later, he was elected from Digras constituency consecutively for four terms in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

and

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

. In the 2019 Assembly election, he polled 136,824 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Sanjay Deshmukh, an independent candidate, by a huge margin of 63,607 votes. In 2014, he defeated Vasant Ghuikhedkar of the NCP, by a margin of 79,864 votes. He served as a minister of state in the Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra). In 2019 he was minister of Forest Department of Maharashtra,

Disaster Management Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actua ...

& Relief & Rehabilitation. He also served as guardian minister of

twice in 2014 and 2020, and in

Washim district Washim district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �aːʃim is a List of districts of Maharashtra, district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. The area of the district is . Officer Members of Parliament *Sanjay De ...

in 2015. He resigned from the cabinet in 2021. In 2022, he was appointed a cabinet minister in the Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra) and in 2023, he served as cabinet minister in the Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation.

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External links

Shiv Sena Home Page
* http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fadnavis-ministry-expansion-sees-mix-of-old-and-new-faces/20141205.htm * http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-team-portfolios-allocated-bjp-retains-key-departments-2041510
Profile of Maharashtra government ministers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rathod, Sanjay Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Living people Shiv Sena politicians People from Yavatmal district Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029 1971 births

Career

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