Shankarrao Gadakh (born 29 May 1970 in the village of
Sonai, Maharashtra, India) is
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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from Nevasa. Gadakh had wrested the Nevasa seat from the BJP in the 2019 assembly polls by defeating BJP candidate with a convincing margin. He is member of the
Shiv Sena
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and former minister of Soil and Water Conservation in
Government of Maharashtra
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.
Having entered politics in 1995 at the age of 25, Gadakh began as a Youth Congress campaigner.
In 2017 he founded the party
Krantikari Shetkari Party
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and fought local elections. Krantikari Paksha now has 5 Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad members, 12 Nevasa Panchayat Samiti members and 9 Nagarsevaks in Nevasa. He is also known as "Panidar Aamdar" by his constituency for his good work during drought like conditions in Nevasa constituency.
On 11 August 2020 he dissolved Krantikari Shetkari Paksha and joined
Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena (IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a Right-wing politics, right-wing to Far-right politics, far-right Marathi people, Marathi Regionalism (politics), regionalist and Hindu nationalism, Hindu ultranationalist political party in India f ...
.
Positions held
* 2009: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* 2019: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* 2019: Appointed minister of Soil and Water Conservation in the
Government of Maharashtra
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* 2020: Appointed guardian minister of
Osmanabad district
See also
Uddhav Thackeray ministry
After the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, post-poll alliance was formed in between Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress to form Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Uddhav Thackeray, the president of Shiv Se ...
References
External links
*http://myneta.info/mh2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=2888
*http://103.23.150.75/ECI/Affidavits/S13/SE/221/GADAKH%20SHANKARRAO%20YASHWNTRAO/GADAKH%20SHANKARRAO%20YASHWNTRAO.htm
*http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-gadakh-may-quit-congress-join-ncp-1238315
*https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-WMAH-AHM-mla-shankarrao-gadakh-in-nagar-4438757-NOR.html
*http://m.maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/ahmednagar-news/nevasa-zp-election/articleshow/57319104.cms
Krantikari Shetkari Party politicians
Shiv Sena politicians
Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014
1970 births
Living people
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