Prof. Vasant Chindhuji Purke (born 3 May 1956) is an Indian politician, elected to the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituenci ...

from the Ralegaon constituency in 1995 and serving until 2014 as 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 ...

. He is currently Vice President of Maharashtra Adivasi Development Corporation (Nashik) -

Minister of State Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions. In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior minister ...

आदिवासी विकास विभाग (महाराष्ट्र शासन).

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Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Living people People from Yavatmal district 1956 births {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub