Vishwajeet Kadam (born 13 January 1980) is a politician from the

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n state of

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. He is the son of former congress leader

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, and was born and brought up in

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. He serves as a

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of Maharashtra legislative assembly from Palus-Kadegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Early life and education

Kadam has a B.E., MBA, PhD in Management and has also completed Management and Leadership in Education from

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. Some know him as the Working President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Others know him as a Member of the AICTE (

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) and many more know him as the Secretary of

Bharati Vidyapeeth Bharati Vidyapeeth is a private deemed to be university established in Pune, India. Bharati Vidyapeeth has campuses across the country at New Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Sangli, Pune, Solapur, Kolhapur, Karad, Satara, and Panchgani. Among these are B ...

Political career

His was selected as the Congress party candidate for

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democrati ...

which he won by a huge margin of 1,50,866 votes from Palus-Kadegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Positions held

* Maharashtra Cabinet Minister of State (2019–2022)

External links

Vishwajeet Kadam
Website

References

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