Mahadev Jankar

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| name = Mahadev Jankar
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|04|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Maan, [[Maharashtra]]
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| office = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council]] of [[Maharashtra]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afternoonvoice.com/mlc-polls-bjp-accommodates-two-allies-sena-fields-desai.html# |title=MLC polls: BJP accommodates two allies, Sena fields Desai |date=20 January 2015 |access-date=2015-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629072244/http://www.afternoonvoice.com/mlc-polls-bjp-accommodates-two-allies-sena-fields-desai.html# |archive-date=2015-06-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| term_start = 23 January 2015
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| education = B.Tech. Electrical Engineering (Gold Medalist)
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| office1 = Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries Development<br />[[Maharashtra State]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/maharashtra-cabinet-rejig-11-ministers-sworn-in/article8823138.ece|title = Maharashtra Cabinet rejig: 11 ministers sworn in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharshtra-cabinet-expansion-shiv-sena-uddhav-thackeray-skips-ceremony/1/710119.html# |title=Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: 11 ministers sworn in, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray skips ceremony |access-date=2016-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708095108/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharshtra-cabinet-expansion-shiv-sena-uddhav-thackeray-skips-ceremony/1/710119.html# |archive-date=2016-07-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| term_start1 = 8 July 2016
| term_end1 = 9 November 2019
| predecessor1 =[[Eknath Khadse]]
| successor1 = [[Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar]]
| party = [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]]
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| alma_mater = [[Walchand College of Engineering]]
| occupation = Politician
| footnotes =
| date = January 23
| year = 2015
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'''Mahadev Jagannath Jankar''' is an Indian politician from [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]]. He is former Cabinet Minister in [[Government of Maharashtra]] as Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Development in MAHAYUTI Govt. He is the founder and National President of [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]], an Indian political party based in Maharashtra, founded in 2003.

==Early life and education==
Mr. Jankar was born in a poor peasant and Shepherds family in a small village at Palsawade Ta.Maan which is in the [[Satara district]]. Jankar completed his Degree In Electrical Engineering with first class from [[Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-fakir-who-is-out-to-slay-an-emperor/articleshow/42300622.cms|title=A 'fakir' who is out to slay an 'emperor'|work=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|date=12 September 2014|accessdate=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113420/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-fakir-who-is-out-to-slay-an-emperor/articleshow/42300622.cms#|archive-date=2014-10-06|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career ==
Mr. Jankar started his political career by joining [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] in the leadership of [[Kanshi Ram]]. Then he became the chief of Yashwant Sena. But Yashwant Sena being a cultural organization had some limits in achieving political ends.
In 2003, he found the political party [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]] contested the [[Madha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madha Lok Sabha seat]] in 2009 elections, he finished in third place behind the winner, [[Sharad Pawar]] of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and Subhash Deshmukh of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

He also contested for a Lok Sabha seat in 2014 from [[Baramati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] where he finished in second place behind the winner, Supriya Sule of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] by a huge margin of 69,719.<br />

He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council on 23 January 2015. He was promoted in July 2016 as Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department, Maharashtra State.

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Satara district]]
[[Category:Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Rashtriya Samaj Paksha politicians]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians]]

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