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| office            = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Cabinet Minister]]<br>[[Government of Maharashtra]]  
| office            = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Cabinet Minister]]<br>[[Government of Maharashtra]]  
| minister            = *Forest
| minister            = *[[Ministry of Forests Department of Maharashtra|Forests Department]]
*Disaster Management  
*[[Ministry of Disaster Management (Maharashtra)|Disaster Management]]
*Relief and Rehabilitation
*[[Ministry of Relief & Rehabilitation (Maharashtra)|Relief & Rehabilitation]]
| term_start    = 30 December 2019
| term_start    = 30 December 2019
| term_end      = 28 February
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| predecessor  =[[Sudhir Mungantiwar]]
| predecessor  =[[Sudhir Mungantiwar]]
| successor    = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] (Acting)
| successor    = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] (Acting)
| office1          = Minister of State for <br>[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| office1          = [[Minister of State]] for Revenue <br>[[First Fadnavis ministry]]
| minister1            = *Revenue
| minister1            = *Revenue
| term_start1      = 5 December 2014
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| successor1    = [[Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi]]
| successor1    = [[Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi]]
| office2          = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[Maharashtra]]<ref name = DigrasMLA2019/>
| office2          = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[Maharashtra]]<ref name = DigrasMLA2019/>
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| constituency2    = [[Digras (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Digras]]
| constituency2   = [[Darwha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darwha]]
| constituency3   = [[Digras (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Digras]]
| party            = [[Shiv Sena]]
| party            = [[Shiv Sena]]
| residence        = Natuwadi, [[Darwha]], [[Yavatmal district|Yavatmal]]<ref name="Affidavit">{{cite web |title=General Election 2009 - Affidavits filed by Parliamentary Candidate |url=http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/ECI/Affidavits/S13/SE/79/RATHOD%20SANJAY%20DULICHAND/RATHOD%20SANJAY%20DULICHAND.htm |publisher=Office of Chief Electoral Officer - Maharashtra |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
| residence        = [[Yavatmal]]
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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>
'''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==  
==Pooja Chavan Suicide Controversy==  
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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>
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>
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>
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==
==Positions held==
* 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)<ref>http://eci.nic.in/archive/Sep2004/pollupd/ac/states/S13/Aconst164.htm</ref>
* 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/>
* 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: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) <ref name = DigrasMLAs/>
* 2014 - 2019: Minister of State for Revenue in Maharashtra State Government
* 2014 - 2019: Minister of State for Revenue in Maharashtra State Government
* 2014: Guardian minister of [[Yavatmal district]]<ref name="business-standard.com">http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/guardian-ministers-appointed-in-maharashtra-114122601108_1.html</ref>
* 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"/>
* 2015: Guardian minister of [[Washim district]]<ref name="business-standard.com"/>
* 2019: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)<ref name = DigrasMLA2019/>
* 2019: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)<ref name = DigrasMLA2019/>
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Sanjay Rathod
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019 – 28 February 2021
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Preceded bySudhir Mungantiwar
Succeeded byUddhav Thackeray (Acting)
Minister of State for Revenue
First Fadnavis ministry
In office
5 December 2014 – 30 October 2019
Minister
  • Revenue
Governor
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded by-
Succeeded byAbdul Sattar Abdul Nabi
Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra[1]
Assumed office
(2004-2009) (2009-2014) (2014-2019) (2019-
ConstituencyDarwha
ConstituencyDigras
Personal details
Born (1971-06-30) June 30, 1971 (age 53)
Yavatmal District
Political partyShiv Sena
Spouse(s)Shital Rathod
ChildrenDamini Rathod, Soham Rathod
ResidenceYavatmal
EducationArts and Commerce College Yavatmal (B.Com, 1993)
Subhedar Ramji Ambedkar Physical Education College, Hinganghat (B.P.Ed., 1995)[2]
OccupationPolitician

Sanjay Dulichand Rathod is a Shiv Sena politician from Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Digras Assembly Constituency.[1][3][4] He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state in December, 2014[5] he was given the revenue portfolio. He was also given responsibility of being guardian minister of Yavatmal district.[6] 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[7] Rathod belongs to the Banjara community.[7] He won 2014 assembly election with record margin of 79864, second highest in Maharashtra.[8]

Pooja Chavan Suicide Controversy[edit]

In February 2021, Rathod was accused of death of the 23-year-old woman named Pooja Chavan. Chavan, who hailed from 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.[9]

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.[10][11]

On 14 February 2021, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered an investigation into the allegations against Rathod.[12][13] He resigned on 28 Feb 2021.[14]

Positions held[edit]

  • 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)[15]
  • 2009: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term) [3]
  • 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) [3]
  • 2014 - 2019: Minister of State for Revenue in Maharashtra State Government
  • 2014: Guardian minister of Yavatmal district[16]
  • 2015: Guardian minister of Washim district[16]
  • 2019: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)[1]
  • 2019: Appointed as minister of Forest, Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation[17][18]
  • 2020: Appointed as guardian minister of Yavatmal district[19]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "digras Vidhan Sabha constituency result 20019".
  2. ↑ "राठोड संजय दुलीचंद". Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sitting and previous MLAs from digras Assembly Constituency".
  4. ↑ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers". Mid-Day. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra". Zee News. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Fadnavis ministry expansion sees mix of old and new faces". redif.com. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Digras Constituency results 2014".
  9. ↑ "Pooja Chavan 'suicide' case: Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Rathod's name crops up - what we know so far". The Free Press Journal. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ↑ More, Archana (12 February 2021). "Maharashtra: TikTok star's suicide takes a political turn". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  11. ↑ Bose, Mrityunjay (13 February 2021). "BJP seeks arrest of Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod hatyara". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Uddhav Thackeray orders probe into allegations against Forest Minister". The Hindu. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  13. ↑ Tambe, Sunil (14 February 2021). "पूजा चव्हाण आत्महत्या: पोलिस महासंचालकांचे सखोल चौकशीचे आदेश". Maharashtra Times (in मराठी). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Sutar, Kamlesh (28 February 2021). "Why did Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod resign?". India Today. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  15. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/archive/Sep2004/pollupd/ac/states/S13/Aconst164.htm [dead link]
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 26 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced".
  18. ↑ "महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर".
  19. ↑ "2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts".

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Political offices
Preceded by
 Minister of State for Revenue, Maharashtra State
2014–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
 Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Yavatmal district
2014–present 		Incumbent


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