Suresh (alias Balu) Narayan Dhanorkar, also called Balubhau Dhanorkar, was an Indian politician who was the elected member of the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

from

Chandrapur Chandrapur (earlier known as ''Chanda'', the official name until 1964) is a city and a municipal corporation in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra state, India. It is the district headquarters of Chandrapur district. Chandrapur is a fort city ...

constituency. He was a member 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 ...

political party. He was the only candidate for the INC to be elected as MP from

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 was nominated as the

candidate after resigning as MLA from

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 ...

and had joined the

Party.

Political career

In 2006, Dhanorkar became the

president for the

Chandrapur District Chandrapur district (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʃən̪d̪ɾəpuːɾ (earlier known as ''Chanda district'') is a district in the Nagpur Division in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Chandrapur was the largest district in India until the Gadchirol ...

. In 2014 he became the Shiv Sena MLA from Warora-Bhadrawati. In the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and vote ...

, Dhanorkar became the INC MP from

Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency Chandrapur is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is spread over Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts. Assembly segments At present, Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency c ...

, becoming the only elected INC MP from Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha. He served as MP until his death. His wife was Maharashtra MLA

Pratibha Dhanorkar Pratibha Suresh (Balubhau) Dhanorkar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a member of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Warora. Dhanorkar is the Indian National ...

Death

Dhanorkar died due to complications from kidney stones on 30 May 2023, at the age of 47, at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

Shiv Sena Official website
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