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 was a cabinet minister in Devendra Fadnavis 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In January 2021,a rape complaint was filed against Munde by singer Renu Sharma which was subsequently withdrawn.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]
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