Avinash Pande | |
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![]() Avinash Pande, EX MP Rajya Sabha, INC | |
General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (in-charge of Uttar Pradesh) | |
Assumed office 24 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra |
Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
In office 5 July 2010 –4 July 2016 | |
Constituency | Maharashtra |
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1985–1990 | |
Constituency | Nagpur East |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Alma mater | Nagpur University |
Occupation | Politician |
Avinash Pande is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. In December 2023 he became the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC),in charge of Uttar Pradesh. [1] [2]
Avinash Pande was born in Nagpur,Maharashtra. [3] He holds postgraduate qualifications in economics and public administration,and is also trained as a lawyer. [3]
Mr. Pande won the **Nagpur East** seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1985 as an INC candidate. [4]
In 2008,he contested elections to the Rajya Sabha but lost by one vote to industrialist Rahul Bajaj. [1] He was later elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra and served from 5 July 2010 to 4 July 2016. [5]
He was appointed AICC General Secretary in charge of Jharkhand in January 2022, [3] before being given charge of Uttar Pradesh in December 2023. [1] [2]
Avinash Pande has coordinated and compiled works on the poet Rashtra Kavi Pradeep,including Shabd Swar Ke Sumeru (1995) and Ek Deep Kavi Pradeep (2007).