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Dhananjay Munde

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Dhananjay Munde
Mr.Munde in 2024
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 December 2024
MinisterFood, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection
GovernorC. P. Radhakrishnan
CabinetThird Fadnavis ministry
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM
Guardian MinisterNA
Preceded byChhagan Bhujbal
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
2 July 2023 – 26 November 2024
MinisterAgriculture
Governor
CabinetEknath Shinde ministry
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Deputy CM
Guardian MinisterBeed District (04 October 2023- 26 November 2024)
Preceded byAbdul Sattar Abdul Nabi
Succeeded byManikrao Kokate
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Preceded bySuresh Khade
Succeeded byEknath Shinde
Guardian Minister of Beed District
Government of Maharashtra
In office
9 January 2020 – 29 June 2022
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Preceded byPankaja Munde
ConstituencyParli
Leader of Opposition the Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
22 December 2014 – 24 October 2019
Governor
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byVinod Tawde
Succeeded byPravin Darekar
ConstituencyElected by MLAs
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 October 2019
Preceded byPankaja Munde
ConstituencyParli[1]
Personal details
Born (1975-07-15) 15 July 1975 (age 49)
Parli, Maharashtra, India
Political partyNationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)
Parent
  • Panditrao Munde (father)
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.dhananjaymunde.org

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]

Early life

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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.

Political career

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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]

Personal life

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Dhananjay Munde is married to Rajshri Munde.[13]

Controversy

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Maharashtra Council polls: Narayan Rane among 10 candidates elected unopposed". DNA India. 3 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Dhananjay Panditrao Munde". indialeader.com.
  3. ^ रापतवार, सुदर्शन (15 November 2024). सहज सुचलं म्हणून..! (in Marathi). Madhyam Publication's. ISBN 978-81-902787-8-2.
  4. ^ CNBCTV18 (23 November 2024). "Maharashtra Elections 2024: 14 candidates win by over 1 lakh votes, all from Mahayuti". Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Cousins collide". The Week. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  6. ^ Hindustantimes (23 November 2024). "Maharashtra election results: These candidates have won by biggest margins so far". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  7. ^ author/lokmat-news-network (30 October 2020). "बीड जिल्ह्यातील चार तालुक्यांमध्ये नुकसानीचे होणार फेर पंचनामे; पालकमंत्री मुंडे यांचे आदेश". Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 January 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "समाजकार्य महाविद्यालयांच्या वेतनासाठी १०३ कोटींचे अनुदान". Loksatta (in Marathi). 9 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Pankaja Munde trailing behind NCP's Dhananjay Munde by 30,701 votes from Parli constituency". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Pankaja Munde loses Maharashtra's Parli seat to cousin Dhananjay Munde". Inshorts - Stay Informed. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers". Sarkaritel.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Munde Dhananjay Panditrao - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  13. ^ Bhadani, Priyanka (19 October 2019). "Cousins collide". The Week. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019.
  14. ^ Sutar, Kamlesh Damodar (12 January 2021). "Singer alleges rape, Maha Minister Dhananjay Munde refutes, calls it blackmail". India Today.
  15. ^ Jog, Sanjay (15 January 2021). "Singer Renu Sharma backs off on rape charges against Maha minister Dhananjay Munde". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  16. ^ Marapakwar, Prafulla (16 January 2021). "Finish Dhananjay Munde probe in a week, Mumbai cops told; minister not to be axed". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Dhananjay Munde denies rape charge, says he is in relationship with complainant's sister". The Hindu. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Sharad Pawar says stand vindicated as rape complaint against Dhananjay Munde withdrawn". The New Indian Express. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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