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'''Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh''' (born 28 May 1958) 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.

*Member of Legislative Assembly - Amravati Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 2014–2019.

After being appointed as the President of Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress, Deshmukh revived and strengthened Congress in Amravati by introducing several new and youthful faces.  As a fruit of his hard labour, the party put its faith in him for contesting the Assembly polls against BJP's sitting Guardian Minister, Jagdish Gupta. Deshmukh won the polls by almost 10,000 votes and wrested back the constituency for Congress.

He serves as Guardian Minister of Amravati from 2004 to 2009 in [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] and [[Ashok Chavan]] cabinet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chatterji |first1=Saubhadro |title=Amravati faces the mother of all battles |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/amravati-faces-the-mother-of-all-battles-109100300030_1.html |accessdate=22 September 2020 |work=Business Standard India |date=3 October 2009}}</ref>

In the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections which were held on 15 October 2014, Deshmukh contested from Amravati constituency on a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ticket. [[Nitin Gadkari]] was reportedly very keen to make Deshmukh the BJP candidate from Amravati. On 26 September 2014, Deshmukh officially joined BJP in the presence of [[Nitin Gadkari]] in Nagpur and filled his nomination from Amravati Vidhan Sabha constituency the next day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nagpurtoday.in/sunil-deshmukh-anil-bonde-of-congress-join-bjp-certain-to-bag-tickets-for-assembly-polls/09262047|title=Sunil Deshmukh, Anil Bonde of Congress join BJP, certain to bag tickets for Assembly polls|date=26 September 2014|work=Nagpur Today|accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref> He defeated sitting MLA, Raosaheb Shekhawat, by 35072 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/senior-congress-ncp-leaders-in-vidarbha-face-voters-wrath/article6519571.ece|author=Pavan Dahat|title=Senior Congress, NCP leaders in Vidarbha face voters' wrath|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=20 October 2014|accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>

In 2017 his party won another 45 seats in Amravati Municipal Council election under Deshmukh's Leadership.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/amravati-people-were-in-a-mood-for-change-sunil-deshmukh/articleshow/57335510.cms|title=Amravati people were in a mood for change: Sunil Deshmukh|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 February 2017|accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>

[http://mahadiscom.in/aboutus/DrSunilDeshmukh.shtm Profile] on [[MSEDCL]]'s website<br>[http://finance.mah.nic.in/moffice/State%20Minister.htm Official Bio of Maharahtra Finance Ministry's website]<br>[http://maharashtra.gov.in/english/government/govCouncilShow.php?repTypeId=4 Official info on Government of Maharashtra's public portal]<br>[http://www.mahagenco.in/aboutus/board.shtm Management profile of [[MSPGCL]]]<br>[http://www.msrdc.org/management.aspx Management profile of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)]<br>[http://www.mahapwd.com/organisationstructure/Default.htm Management profile of Department of Public Works, Government of Maharashtra]