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Sudhakarrao Naik

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Sudhakarrao Naik
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|08|21}}
| birth_place = [[Yavatmal district|Gahuli]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|05|10|1934|08|21}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| order = 11th
| office = Chief Minister of Maharashtra
| term_start = 25 June 1991
| term_end = 22 February 1993
| governor =
| predecessor = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| successor = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| order1 = 10th
| office1 = Governor of Himachal Pradesh
| term_start1 = 30 July 1994
| term_end1 = 17 September 1995
| predecessor1 = [[Viswanathan Ratnam]]
| successor1 = [[Mahabir Prasad]]
| constituency_MP2 = [[Washim (Lok Sabha constituency)|Washim]]
| parliament2 = Indian
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 = 1999
| predecessor2 = Pundlikrao Ramji Gawali
| successor2 = [[Bhavana Pundlikrao Gawali]]
| constituency_AM3 = [[Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pusad]]
| assembly3 = Maharashtra Legislative
| term_start3 = (1978-1980), (1980-1985), (1985-1990), (1990-1995), (1999
| term_end3 =2001)
|predecessor3 = [[Vasantrao Naik]]
|successor3 = [[Manohar Naik]]
| office5 = [[Cabinet Minister]] in [[Third Vasantdada Patil ministry]]
|minister5 = Education, Dairy Development, and Animal Husbandry.
|term_start5 = Feb 1983
|term_end5 = March 1985
|office4 = [[Cabinet Minister]]<br>[[Government of Maharashtra]] Minister of Housing, Animal husbandry & fisheries.
| term_start4 = 1978
| term_end4 = 1980
|office6 = [[Cabinet Minister]] in [[Nilangekar ministry]]
|minister6 = Industries,Revenue & Social Welfare.
|term_start6 = March 1985
|term_end6 = March 1986
||office7 = [[Cabinet Minister]] in [[Second Pawar ministry]]
|minister7 = Social Welfare,Energy & Parliamentary Affairs.
|term_start7 = June 1988
|term_end7 = March 1990
|office8 = [[Cabinet Minister]] in [[Third Pawar ministry]]
|minister8 = Revenue & Parliamentary Affairs.
|term_start8 = March 1990
|term_end8 = June 1991
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse =
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
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'''Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik''' (21 August 1934 – 10 May 2001) was an Indian politician from [[Indian National Congress]] party who served as [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 following the [[Bombay riots|communal riots]]. He had given the new shape to the Panchayat Raj, started the continuous election process in Panchayat Raj systems all over the state. He is called as the hero of Jalkranti, who started the irrigation revolution in the State of Maharashtra.

==Career==
He started his political career from his rural base as [[Sarpanch]] or village head. He was Member of Legislative Assembly for [[Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha]] from [[Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] 5 times winning elections of 1978, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1999 elections.<ref>{{cite web | title = Elections results analysis 1978–2004 | publisher = Election Commission of India | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S13/partycomp166.htm | accessdate =28 January 2010 }}</ref> He was the Chief Minister during the Mumbai riots of 1992–1993.

However, politically, his differences with Sharad Pawar grew, and ultimately he had to resign. At one point, Sudhakarrao made a statement that [[Sharad Pawar]] had asked him to
"go easy on Pappu Kalani".<ref>{{cite news|title=The F-factor: Kalani certain of clean sweep |author=Gouri Shah |work=[[The Economic Times]] |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/880573.cms |date=11 October 2004 |access-date=24 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041025171356/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/880573.cms |archive-date=25 October 2004 }}</ref>

He is also remembered for his work in water conservation.

He served as governor of [[Himachal Pradesh]] from 30 July 1994 to 17 September 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in/past_governors.html|title=Governor House, Himachal Pradesh, India - Governors of Himachal Pradesh}}</ref> In 1998, he was elected as [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of parliament]] to the [[12th Lok Sabha]] from [[Washim (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116233330/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx |archive-date=16 January 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3885.htm Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website]
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Sanjay Rathod

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sanjay Rathod
| native_name_lang = Marathi
| spouse = Shital Rathod
| children = Damini Rathod, Soham Rathod
| education = Arts and Commerce College Yavatmal ([[Bachelor of Commerce|B.Com]], 1993)<br>Subhedar Ramji Ambedkar Physical Education College, [[Hinganghat]] ([[Bachelor of Physical Education|B.P.Ed.]], 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=राठोड संजय दुलीचंद |url=https://www.maharashtranama.com/mla/rathod-sanjay-dulichand/ |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
| honorific-suffix =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|30 June 1971}}
| birth_place = [[Yavatmal District]]
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Cabinet Minister]]<br>[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| minister = *[[Ministry of Forests Department of Maharashtra|Forests Department]]
*[[Ministry of Disaster Management (Maharashtra)|Disaster Management]]
*[[Ministry of Relief & Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)|Relief & Rehabilitation]]
| term_start = 30 December 2019
| term_end = 28 February
2021
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| governor =[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| predecessor =[[Sudhir Mungantiwar]]
| successor = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] (Acting)
| office1 = [[Minister of State]] for Revenue <br>[[First Fadnavis ministry]]
| minister1 = *Revenue
| term_start1 = 5 December 2014
| term_end1 = 30 October 2019
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| governor1 = *[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
*[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| predecessor1 = -
| successor1 = [[Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi]]
| office2 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[Maharashtra]]<ref name = DigrasMLA2019/>
| term_start2 = (2004-2009) (2009-2014) (2014-2019) (2019-
| majority =
| term_end2 =
| constituency2 = [[Darwha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darwha]]
| constituency3 = [[Digras (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Digras]]
| party = [[Shiv Sena]]
| residence = [[Yavatmal]]
| occupation = Politician
| website =
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}}

'''Sanjay Dulichand Rathod''' is a [[Shiv Sena]] politician from [[Yavatmal district]], Maharashtra. He is a member of the 14th [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] from [[Digras (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Digras]] Assembly Constituency.<ref name = DigrasMLA2019>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ACOCT2019/ConstituencywiseS1379.htm?ac=79 | title = digras Vidhan Sabha constituency result 20019}}</ref><ref name = DigrasMLAs>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/digras.html | title = Sitting and previous MLAs from digras Assembly Constituency}}</ref><ref name="IT-20141103">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharashtra-assembly-poll-results-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress/1/396659.html|title=Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014 |work=India Today|accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state in December, 2014<ref name="MD-20141206">{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/declared-portfolios-of-maharashtra-government-ministers/15821176|title=Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers|date=2014-12-06|work=Mid-Day|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> he was given the revenue portfolio. He was also given responsibility of being guardian minister of [[Yavatmal district]].<ref name="ZeeNews-20141226">{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/guardian-ministers-appointed-in-maharashtra_1520825.html|title=Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra|date=2014-12-26|work=Zee News|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> His election in the 2014 election made him a three term Member of Legislative Assembly. He was at the time of his appointment as minister, [[Shiv Sena]]'s Yavatmal district president. He was made a cabinet minister on 30 December 2019<ref name="Rediff-20141205">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fadnavis-ministry-expansion-sees-mix-of-old-and-new-faces/20141205.htm|title=Fadnavis ministry expansion sees mix of old and new faces|date=2014-12-05|work=redif.com|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> Rathod belongs to the [[Banjara]] community.<ref name="Rediff-20141205" /> He won 2014 assembly election with record margin of 79864, second highest in Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=1018&cid=79|title=Digras Constituency results 2014}}</ref>

==Pooja Chavan Suicide Controversy==

In February 2021, Rathod was accused of death of the 23-year-old woman named Pooja Chavan. Chavan, who hailed from [[Parli, Maharashtra|Parli]] in [[Marathwada]]'s [[Beed district]], died after jumping from an apartment balcony in the [[Hadapsar]] area of [[Pune]]. Alleged audio clips of phone conversation between Chavan and Rathod soon went viral.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pooja Chavan 'suicide' case: Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Rathod's name crops up - what we know so far |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/pooja-chavan-suicide-case-maharashtra-minister-sanjay-rathods-name-crops-up-what-we-know-so-far |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=[[The Free Press Journal]] |date=February 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Opposition leader [[Devendra Fadnavis]], former party MP [[Kirit Somaiya]], and BJP’s State women’s wing office-bearer Chitra Wagh demanded investigations into the death of Chavan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=More |first1=Archana |title=Maharashtra: TikTok star's suicide takes a political turn |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/tiktok-stars-suicide-takes-a-political-turn/articleshow/80866659.cms |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=Pune Mirror |date=February 12, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bose |first1=Mrityunjay |title=BJP seeks arrest of Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod hatyara |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/bjp-seeks-arrest-of-maharashtra-minister-sanjay-rathod-950866.html |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=13 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

On 14 February 2021, Maharashtra Chief Minister [[Uddhav Thackeray]] ordered an investigation into the allegations against Rathod.<ref>{{cite news |title=Uddhav Thackeray orders probe into allegations against Forest Minister |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/states/uddhav-orders-probe-into-allegations-against-forest-minister/article33833001.ece |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=14 February 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tambe |first1=Sunil |title=पूजा चव्हाण आत्महत्या: पोलिस महासंचालकांचे सखोल चौकशीचे आदेश |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/pooja-chavan-suicide-case-the-director-general-of-police-ordered-a-thorough-investigation-by-the-pune-police/articleshow/80905303.cms |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=14 February 2021 |language=mr}}</ref> He resigned on 28 Feb 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pooja-chavan-suicide-sanjay-rathod-resignation-reasons-1774050-2021-02-28 | title=Why did Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod resign? | publisher=India Today | date=28 February 2021 | accessdate=8 April 2021 | author=Sutar, Kamlesh}}</ref>

==Positions held==
* 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)<ref>http://eci.nic.in/archive/Sep2004/pollupd/ac/states/S13/Aconst164.htm {{dead link|date=September 2021}}</ref>
* 2009: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term) <ref name = DigrasMLAs/>
* 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) <ref name = DigrasMLAs/>
* 2014 - 2019: Minister of State for Revenue in Maharashtra State Government
* 2014: Guardian minister of [[Yavatmal district]]<ref name="business-standard.com">{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/guardian-ministers-appointed-in-maharashtra-114122601108_1.html|title = Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 26 December 2014|agency = Press Trust of India}}</ref>
* 2015: Guardian minister of [[Washim district]]<ref name="business-standard.com"/>
* 2019: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)<ref name = DigrasMLA2019/>
* 2019: Appointed as minister of Forest, Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation<ref name = MaharashtraCabinet>{{Cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/maharashtra-cabinet-portfolios-announced-dy-cm-ajit-pawar-gets-finance-aaditya-thackeray-allotted-tourism-and-environment-ministry-7861731.html |title= Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://marathi.abplive.com/news/mumbai/maharashtra-cabinet-ministry-list-governor-approved-allocation-of-portfolios-proposed-by-cm-uddhav-thackeray-729069 |title= महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर}}</ref>
* 2020: Appointed as guardian minister of [[Yavatmal district]]<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-govt-appoints-guardian-ministers-for-all-36-districts-aaditya-gets-mumbai-suburban-pune-goes-to-ajit-pawar-2808645 | title = 2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry]]
* [[Devendra Fadnavis ministry (2014–)|Devendra Fadnavis ministry]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981202100332/http://www.shivsena.org/ Shiv Sena Home Page]
* http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fadnavis-ministry-expansion-sees-mix-of-old-and-new-faces/20141205.htm
* http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-team-portfolios-allocated-bjp-retains-key-departments-2041510
* [http://abpmajha.abplive.in/maharashtra/profile-of-maharashtra-govt-new-ministers-31529/ Profile of Maharashtra government ministers]

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