Sanjay Bhau Rathod | |
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Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra | |
Assumed office 15 December 2024 | |
Minister | Soil and Water Conservation |
Cabinet | Third Fadnavis ministry |
Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
Deputy CM | |
Guardian Minister | Yavatmal |
Ministry and Departments | Soil and Water Conservation |
Preceded by | Himself |
Cabinet Minister in Eknath Shinde ministry Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 14 July 2023 –26 November 2024 | |
Minister | Soil and Water Conservation |
Preceded by | Eknath Shinde |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde ministry Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 14 August 2022 –14 July 2023 | |
Minister | |
Preceded by | Rajendra Shingne |
Succeeded by | Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao |
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 30 December 2019 –28 February 2021 | |
Minister | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | |
Minister of State Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 5 December 2014 –30 October 2019 | |
Minister | Revenue Ministry |
Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
Preceded by | Prakashdada Solanke |
Succeeded by | Abdul Sattar |
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Preceded by | Sanjay Deshmukh |
Constituency | Digras |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Preceded by | Manikrao Thakre |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Constituency | Darwha |
Guardian Minister of Yavatmal District | |
Assumed office 18 Dec 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | At.Pahur Izara,Tq.Kalamb,Yavatmal District | 30 June 1971
Political party | ![]() (1998-Incumdent) |
Other political affiliations | Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022-2023) |
Spouse | Shital Rathod |
Children | Damini Rathod,Soham Rathod |
Residence | Yavatmal |
Education | Arts and Commerce College Yavatmal (B.Com,1993) Subhedar Ramji Ambedkar Physical Education College,Hinganghat (B.P.Ed.,1995) [1] |
Occupation | Farming &Politician |
Sanjay Dulichand Rathod is a Shiv Sena politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Digras-Darwha Assembly Constituency in Yavatmal district. He is a Shiv Sena leader in Vidarbha and served as a cabinet minister in the UBT government but later joined the Eknath Shinde camp in 2022. [2]
Rathod won from Digras Assembly Constituency representing Shiv Sena in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled143,115 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Thakare Manikrao Govindrao of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 28,775 votes. [3]
He became an MLA for the first time on Shiv Sena ticket winning the 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from Darwha Assembly constituency,which ceased to exist from 2008. Later,he was elected from Digras constituency consecutively for four terms in 2009,2014,2019 and 2024.
In the 2019 Assembly election,he polled 136,824 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Sanjay Deshmukh,an independent candidate,by a huge margin of 63,607 votes. In 2014,he defeated Vasant Ghuikhedkar of the NCP,by a margin of 79,864 votes. He served as a minister of state in the Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra). In 2019 he was minister of Forest Department of Maharashtra,Disaster Management &Relief &Rehabilitation. [4] [5] He also served as guardian minister of Yavatmal district twice in 2014 and 2020,and in Washim district in 2015. [6] [7] [8]
He resigned from the cabinet in 2021. [9] In 2022,he was appointed as a cabinet minister in the Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra) and in 2023,he served as cabinet minister in the Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation.
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