Dhananjay Panditrao Munde (born 15 July 1975) [2] is an Indian politician. Dhananjay Munde was in Bharatiya Janata Party as President Youth Wing (BJYM),who is currently a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) under Ajit Pawar and is a cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde government. [3] [4]
Munde was born on 15 July 1975 in Nathra,Parli Vaijnath,Beed in a Vanjari family. Munde's family consists of his mother,Rukmini Munde,wife Rajshri Munde and daughter Adishri Munde. [5]
He is related to Central Cabinet Minister Gopinath Munde whose daughters Pankaja Munde,Pritam Munde and their younger sister Yashashari are his cousins.
Munde won the 2019,2024 assembly elections from Parli constituency. [6] He is the Guardian Minister of Beed District and the Minister of Social Justice and Special Assistance of the State of Maharashtra. [7] [8] On 24 December 2019, [9] [10] as the Minister for Social Justice and Special Assistance. [11] Earlier,he had held the role of opposition leader in the Legislative Council of Maharashtra. [12]
Dhananjay Munde is married to Rajshri Munde. [13]
In January 2021,a rape complaint was filed against Munde by singer Renu Sharma which was subsequently withdrawn. [14] [15] Munde refuted the rape allegations and dismissed opposition demands to resign. [16] In a press release,Munde claimed that he is in a relationship with Renu Sharma's sister,Karuna Sharma and even had two children out of that relationship which was known to his wife and family. [17] [18]
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician. He served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and in the Union Council of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V. Narsimha Rao as well as the Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh. He is the first and former president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),"which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress". His faction of the NCP was split by his nephew,Ajit Pawar. He leads his faction of the NCP in the Rajya Sabha,the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi,a regional Maharashtra-based political alliance.
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra with a recognised state party status in Nagaland and Kerala. The party has its presence in legislative assemblies of Maharashtra,Nagaland,and Arunachal Pradesh,with being in the governing coalition in all of these states. Besides this,the party is also part of the current governing coalition National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Beed is a city and headquarters of eponymous Beed district of Maharashtra state in India.
Vimal Mundada was an Indian politician from Maharashtra belonging to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). During 2004–09,she was minister of Minister of Public Works and Minister for Health in the Government of Maharashtra.
Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra,often called a Lokneta,meaning a people's leader. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's cabinet until his death. Munde was well-known for his efforts in curbing the underworld in Mumbai during his tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra,overseeing the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1999. He was a key figure in introducing the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA),later ratified by the Supreme Court of India.
Parli Vaijnath is a city and a municipal council in Beed district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Parli is Second largest city in terms of size and population in Bid district. It is the headquarters of the Parli taluka of Beed district.There are 12 Jyotirlinga in India one of which is Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga located in Parli Vaijnath.
Eknath Khadse is a politician and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1987 until his resignation in October 2020. He is a member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar is an Indian politician serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra along with Eknath Shinde since 5 December 2024. He is the longest serving Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra non-consecutively. He has served this position for 6 terms within various governments. He has worked as deputy chief minister within the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan,Devendra Fadnavis,Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde.
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024,and previously held this position for two terms from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra,alongside Ajit Pawar in the Eknath Shinde government. Besides this,from 2019 to 2022,he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was the President of BJP's Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. He became Chief Minister at the age of 44,making him the second-youngest in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar.
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