Vidarbha is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a proposed state of western India,comprising the state's Amravati and Nagpur divisions. Amravati Division's former name is Berar. It occupies 31.6% of the total area and holds 21.3% of the total population of Maharashtra. It borders the state of Madhya Pradesh to the north,Chhattisgarh to the east,Telangana to the south and Marathwada and Uttar Maharashtra regions of Maharashtra to the west. Situated in central India. The largest city in Vidarbha is Nagpur followed by Amravati,Akola,Chandrapur and Gondia. A majority of Vidarbha residents speak Varhadi and Zadi dialects of Marathi.
The Swatantra Bharat Paksh is a liberal political party in Maharashtra,India,established in 1994 by Sharad Anantrao Joshi. It claims its roots in the Swatantra Party of C. Rajagopalachari. It won one seat in the 2004 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha election,successfully contested by Wamanrao Chatap from the Rajura constituency. In total,the party had launched 7 candidates. Sharad Anantrao Joshi,the party's founder,represented the party and Maharasthra in the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2010.
Sharad Anantrao Joshi was an Indian politician who founded the Swatantra Bharat Paksh party and Shetkari Sanghatana,He was also a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament during the period 5 July 2004 till 4 July 2010. On 9 January 2010 he was the sole MP in Rajya Sabha to vote against the bill providing 33% reservation for women in Indian parliament and assemblies.
Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh is the Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati,Maharashtra,India. He is a member of Indian National Congress (INC). In 2009,he was expelled from the Indian National Congress due to his rebellion in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha election,2009 when he was denied a ticket to contest the election from his Amravati constituency in order to accommodate Mr. Raosaheb Shekhawat,the son of then President of India,Pratibha Patil. He was also the Minister of State for Finance and Planning,Public Works and Energy in the cabinet of the Government of Maharashtra (2004-2009). He was also the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara Districts of Vidarbha,Maharashtra from 2004-2009. Additionally,he also served as the ex-officio Vice-Chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's holding company and as the co-chairman of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha is an Indian political party based in Maharashtra,founded in 2003. Mahadev Jankar was the founder and President of the party. Prabodhankar Govindram Shurnar,hailing from Nanded,has dedicated himself to social work in his community since 1990. Mr. Govindram Shurnar and Mahadev Janakar first met during an event in Mumbai,and this encounter paved the way for Mahadev Jankar to launch their endeavors in Marathwada,with the support of Govindram Shurnar. In the 1998 Lok Sabha elections in Nanded,Mahadev Jankar ran as a BSP candidate and garnered around 20,000 votes. Mr. Govindram Shurnar and their family played a significant role in managing the responsibilities for that election.
Swabhimani Paksha is a political party in Maharashtra,India,formed by Raju Shetti,as a political wing of the Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana after its split from the Shetkari Sanghatana led by Sharad Joshi in 2004. In 2004,Raju Shetti was elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Shirol constituency as a Swabhimani Paksha candidate. Later,he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 from Hatkanangle constituency. In 2019,Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar was elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Morshi constituency as a Swabhimani Paksha candidate.
Devappa Anna Shetti is an Indian Politician and former Member of Parliament of India from Hatkanangle constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He is the president of the Swabhimani Paksha,the political party which he founded in 2004,after separating from the Shetkari Sanghatana. He also founded Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana.
Madhav Shrihari Aney;popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney,was an ardent educationist,freedom fighter,statesman,a modern Sanskrit poet and a politician. He was also conferred with the title of "Loknayak Bapuji",which means "The People's Leader and Respected Father". He was one of the founders of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was first among the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak such as N C Kelkar,Kakasaheb Khadilkar,Gangadhar Deshpande,Dr B S Munje,Abhyankar,T B Paranjpe and Vaman Malhar Joshi,who walked in the footsteps of Tilak. Accepting the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi on the death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Aney persuaded his colleagues to see the writing on the wall. At the same time he was not blind in his loyalty. He disapproved Congress throwing itself in Khilafat Movement and warned against excessive wooing of Muslims at the cost of national interests. He regarded unity at any price as elusive and dangerous. Since the best safeguard for the minority was the goodwill of the majority. He never permitted his critical faculties to be blurred by emotion. Mahatma Gandhi admiring his calm logic,confided in him and often sought his counsel. He was chosen to arbitrate the disputes between Subhash Chandra Bose and Jatindra Mohan Sengupta. He was never a breaker or a destroyer but was always a cementing factor believing in synthesis and not in segregation.
Sudhir Sachchidanand Mungantiwar is a legislator from the state of Maharashtra,India. He is currently cabinet Minister for Forests,Cultural Affairs and Fisheries in Maharashtra Government. He has earlier served as the Cabinet Minister of Finance &Planning and Forests departments in the Government of Maharashtra,Previously,he was the Maharashtra State President for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2010 to 2013 and the Minister of Tourism and Consumer Protection in the Government of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999. In 2014,he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to serve for a fifth consecutive term. He also holds additional charge as the Guardian Minister of Chandrapur and Wardha districts. In March 2024,he was announced as the BJP candidate for the Chandrapur constituency in the 2024 General Elections.
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is an Indian politician who is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 30 June 2022 alongside Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the 5th time on 2 July 2023. He also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 31 October 2014 to 12 November 2019,Leader of the Opposition,Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022 and the President of BJP,Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. Having been sworn in at the age of 44,he is the second-youngest Chief Minister in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar. He served a 5-day long second term as Chief Minister during the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis,before resigning on 28 November 2019. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,Fadnavis has represented the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 2009 and Nagpur West from 1999 to 2009. He was also Mayor of Nagpur from 1997 to 2001.
The Indian state of Maharashtra has a bicameral legislature,comprising two houses. The lower house,known as the Legislative Assembly,is directly elected by the people and is the more powerful of the two houses. The upper house,known as the Legislative Council is elected indirectly by several specially designated electorates.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently,288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies.
Shankarrao Gadakh is Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nevasa. Gadakh had wrested the Nevasa seat from the BJP in the 2019 assembly polls by defeating BJP candidate with a convincing margin. He is member of the Shiv Sena and former minister of Soil and Water Conservation in Government of Maharashtra.
Waris Pathan is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the national spokesperson of the political party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). He previously served as an MLA for the AIMIM in Byculla,Mumbai.
Ashish Ranjeet Deshmukh was the member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Katol Assembly Constituency. He rejoined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2023.Deshmukh is the son of former president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and former Maharashtra minister Ranjeet Deshmukh. In December 2013,Deshmukh had undertaken an indefinite fast to press for formation of a separate Vidarbha state.
Charan Sovinda Waghmare is a politician who served as a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019. He was elected as MLA from the Tumsar - Mohadi Assembly Constituency. And he is very likely known leader in his constituency. He belonged to the local established party Vikas Foundation as chairperson and he is the co-ordinator from East Vidarbha of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). In 2012,Waghmare was chairman of finance and works committee of Bhandara Zilla Parishad. In 2014 he was President of Bhandara District BJP.
Sanjay Yadaorao Dhote is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Rajura Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had unsuccessfully contested the 2009 elections on Swatantra Bharat Paksha (SBP) ticket but lost to Subhash Dhote of the Indian National Congress. His 2014 victory has been described as an upset win. He has failed to provide employment for youths and his performance in assembly is not satisfactory.
KirtiKumar Mitesh Bhangdiya better known as Bunty Bhangdiya is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chimur Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the richest candidate from Vidarbha in the 2014 elections. Bhangdiya was founder and head of "Yuvashakti Sanghatna" a political organisation that held power in the Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad in 2014. In August 2014,Bhangdiya joined the BJP. He was the first BJP candidate to win from Chimur. In 2014 state election he won by margin of 25,155 votes by defeating the Congress candidate. In 2019 he again won from Chimur. He is known to be very close to Devendra Fadnavis. He was amongst the top 10 most working MLAs in Maharashtra.
Bramhapuri Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state,western India. This constituency is located in Chandrapur district,and is part of Gadchiroli–Chimur since the 2009 elections.
Ranjeet Arvindbabu Deshmukh was an Indian politician and Senior Congress leader. He held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.
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