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{{Infobox officeholder
|image = [[File:Ranjeet Deshmukh.jpeg|Ranjeet Deshmukh]]
|office = Agriculture minister [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start = 1999
|term_end = 2004
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| occupation = [[Politician]]
|children = [[Ashish Deshmukh]] & Dr.Amol Deshmukh
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|alma_mater = [[Nagpur University]]
|profession = [[Engineer]]
|spouse = Roopa Deshmukh
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|website = {{URL|nkpsims.edu.in}}
{{URL|afalindia.com}}
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''''Ranjeet Deshmukh''', who has served as the agriculture minister in the [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] cabinet between 1999-2004, had also held other portfolios. He had held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of [[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee]] (MPCC).<ref name="IT-20141112">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ranjit-Deshmukh-to-head-MPCC/articleshow/35396775.cms|title=Ranjit Deshmukh to head MPCC|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> He was first elected to the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|MLA]] in 1985 from the Savner constituency.<ref name="IT-20141126">{{cite news|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1985|work=elections.in}}</ref>

== Political career ==
''''Ranjeet Deshmukh''', joined politics in the 1970. He was a youth leader and the head of the youth congress of the [[Indian National Congress]] who worked very closely with [[Sanjay Gandhi]]. He was first elected as an [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|MLA]] from [[Ramtek]] constituency [[Maharashtra]]. In the 1990s he was involved in the movement for a separate statehood for [[Vidarbha]].<ref name="IT-20141105">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/chief-minister-from-vidarbha-demands-ranjit-deshmukh-104102001082_1.html|title=Chief minister from Vidarbha, demands Ranjit Deshmukh|work=business-standard.com|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="IT-20141108">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/ranjit-deshmukh-s-vidarbha-flip-flop-104100401066_1.html|title=Ranjit Deshmukh's Vidarbha flip flop|work=business-standard.com}}</ref><ref name="IT-20141110">{{cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/padyatra-support-separate-vidarbha-begins-246|title=Ranjit Deshmukh's Padyatra in support of separate Vidarbha|work=asianage.com}}</ref> Ranjeet Deshmukh considered '[[chief minister]] material' for Maharashtra. He was in the reckoning but party colleague [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] got the post Later, he fell out with the Congress leadership over granting of statehood to Vidarbha.<ref name="IT-20141122">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ranjit-deshmukh-cools-his-heels-while-sonia-avoids-him-9865|title=Sonia Gandhi is avoiding meeting state leaders camping in Delhi. Former MPCC president Ranjit Deshmukh|work=dnaindia.com}}</ref> Ranjeet Deshmukh held several Cabinet portfolios right from rural development in which he made significant contribution pioneering village cleanliness drives, to education, technical education, health, agriculture and textiles. He was in the Congress-led governments in the state for almost two decades. He had love-hate relationship with former CM late [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]. In 2004 he unsuccessfully contested from Nagpur West Assembly seat and was defeated by former Maharashtra CM [[Devendra Fadnavis]] of the [[BJP]]. He was a two-term president of [[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee]] and ex-minister. Ranjit Deshmukh was seeking a desperate comeback into the Congress mainstream.
His 65th birthday celebrations provided an occasion. His old associates organized a function which looked more like a Congress event. The organizing committee of over 150 Congressmen was headed by district guardian minister [[Shivajirao Moghe]] and had two ministers from the city [[Nitin Raut]] and [[Rajendra Mulak]].<ref name="IT-20141146">{{cite news|url=http://www.saharasamay.com/nation-news/676537081/ranjeet-deshmukh-organise-convention-former-maharashtra-congress.html|title=Deshmukh to organise convention of Congress leaders |work=saharasamay.com|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="IT-20141106">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Ranjit-Deshmukh-returns-to-mainstream-politics/articleshow/8671010.cms|title=Ranjit Deshmukh returns to mainstream politics |work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref> In 2014 he quit the [[Indian National Congress]] because of poor functioning" of the organisation.<ref name="IT-20141104">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/ex-maharashtra-congress-president-ranjit-deshmukh-quits|title=Ex-Maharashtra Congress president Ranjit Deshmukh quits |work=indianexpress.com|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="IT-20141114">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ranjit-deshmukh-demands-removal-of-manikrao-thakre-from-mpcc/story-kVjed9OTDhiq5cXlI6f9nI.html|title=Ranjit Deshmukh demands removal of Manikrao Thakre from MPCC|work=hindustantimes.com}}</ref><ref name="IT-20141144">{{cite news|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/ex-maharashtra-congress-president-ranjit-deshmukh-quits-20502.html|title=Ex-Maharashtra Congress president Ranjit Deshmukh quits |work=indiatvnews.com|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
'Ranjeet Deshmukh is married to Mrs.Roopa Deshmukh and has 2 children [[Ashish Deshmukh]] & Dr. Amol Deshmukh. His elder son [[Ashish Deshmukh]] was elected as an [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|MLA]] in the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Election . He represents the [[Katol (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katol]] Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 2014.<ref name="IT-20180210">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/nagpur-bjp-mla-ashish-deshmukh-resigns-saying-party-ignoring-voice-of-people/articleshow/66040956.cms|title=Nagpur BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh resigns saying ‘party ignoring voice of people'|work=Times of India|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</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=12 January 2016}}</ref> His younger son Dr. Amol Deshmukh fought the 2014 Assembly Election on a [[Nationalist Congress Party]] ticket.<ref name="IT-20141107">{{cite news|url=http://www.nagpurtoday.in/dr-amol-deshmukh-wishes-to-contest-assembly-polls-from-ramtek/07021348|title=Dr. Amol Deshmukh wishes to contest assembly polls from Ramtek |work=nagpurtoday.in|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref> In 2002 along with [[Chikki Panday]] he founded the 'Akshara Foundation of Arts & Learning' which works towards providing education to [[Under-privileged|under privileged]] children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Founders|url=http://www.afalindia.com/founders.html|publisher=AFAL|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref> In the year 1990 Ranjeet Deshmukh also founded the NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, now a leading name in private medical education<ref name="IT-20141116">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Ranjit-quits-Congress/articleshow/44026985.cms|title=NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences |work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com/|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref>

==Positions held==
*Agriculture minister in the [[Government of Maharashtra]] 1999-2004
*Elected MLA [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] 1985 from the Savner constituency
*Two terms MPCC president [[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee]]
*Two terms MLC [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]<ref name="IT-20141128">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/oct/20maha1.htm|title=Ranjit Deshmukh resigns as MLC |work=rediff.com}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
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