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'''Manohar Gajanan Joshi''' (born 2 December 1937) is | '''Manohar Gajanan Joshi''' (born 2 December 1937) is a prominent politician from the state of [[Maharashtra]]. He was the [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] from 1995 to 1999. He was [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the prominent leaders of the [[Shiv Sena]]. He is also second [[India]]n to be elected to all the four [[legislatures]]. | ||
==Background and family== | ==Background and family== | ||
Joshi was born in a [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-speaking [[Brahmin]] family hailing from [[Raigad district]] in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/balasaheb-thackeray-stood-behind-his-men-like-a-mountain/article1-960848.aspx |title=Balasaheb Thackeray stood behind his men like a mountain |first=Manohar |last=Joshi |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 November 2012 |access-date=2015-08-03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141109112125/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/balasaheb-thackeray-stood-behind-his-men-like-a-mountain/article1-960848.aspx |archive-date=9 November 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His forefathers migrated from [[Beed district]] to Nandvi village of [[Raigad district]]. He married on 14 May 1964 to Anagha Joshi, and has a son, Unmesh, and two daughters, Asmita and Namrata. | Joshi was born in a [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-speaking [[Brahmin]] family hailing from [[Raigad district]] in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/balasaheb-thackeray-stood-behind-his-men-like-a-mountain/article1-960848.aspx |title=Balasaheb Thackeray stood behind his men like a mountain |first=Manohar |last=Joshi |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 November 2012 |access-date=2015-08-03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141109112125/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/balasaheb-thackeray-stood-behind-his-men-like-a-mountain/article1-960848.aspx |archive-date=9 November 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His forefathers migrated from [[Beed district]] to Nandvi village of [[Raigad district]]. He married on 14 May 1964 to Anagha Joshi, and has a son, Unmesh, and two daughters, Asmita and Namrata. Shailesh Wagh is his son-in-law. His granddaughter, Sharvari Wagh, made her debut as an actress with Bunty aur Babli 2. | ||
== Formation of Kohinoor == | == Formation of Kohinoor == | ||
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Joshi and [[Bal Thackeray]] were explicitly named for inciting the Shivsainiks for violence against Muslims during the 1992–1993 riots in an inquiry ordered by the [[government of India]], the Srikrishna Commission Report. However, Joshi, then a part of the BJP-Sena government called the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased" and refused to adopt the commission's recommendations.<ref name="fln">{{cite web|url = http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1517/15170200.htm|title = The Shiv Sena indicted|publisher = Frontlineonnet.com|access-date = 2013-06-14|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130328163323/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1517/15170200.htm|archive-date = 28 March 2013|quote=The Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Maharashtra has rejected the core of the report, which was presented before the two Houses of the legislature on August 6 along with a memorandum of action to be taken thereon. The Action Taken Report (ATR), seeks to establish that the report is one-sided. Going further, Chief Minister Manohar Joshi termed the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased." }}</ref><ref name="narula99">{{cite book|title=Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "untouchables"|author=Smita Narula|publisher=Human Rights Watch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kd28Ay09adgC&pg=PA124|year=1999|isbn=1564322289|quote=The reports findings were presented to the government of Maharashtra on February 16, 1998, more than five years after the riots took place. The report determined that the riots were the result of a deliberate and systematic effort to incite violence against Muslims and singled out Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray and Chief Minister Manohar Joshi as responsible. The Shiv Sena-BJP government, however, refused to adopt the commission's recommendations and instead labeled the report anti-Hindu.}}</ref> | Joshi and [[Bal Thackeray]] were explicitly named for inciting the Shivsainiks for violence against Muslims during the 1992–1993 riots in an inquiry ordered by the [[government of India]], the Srikrishna Commission Report. However, Joshi, then a part of the BJP-Sena government called the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased" and refused to adopt the commission's recommendations.<ref name="fln">{{cite web|url = http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1517/15170200.htm|title = The Shiv Sena indicted|publisher = Frontlineonnet.com|access-date = 2013-06-14|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130328163323/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1517/15170200.htm|archive-date = 28 March 2013|quote=The Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Maharashtra has rejected the core of the report, which was presented before the two Houses of the legislature on August 6 along with a memorandum of action to be taken thereon. The Action Taken Report (ATR), seeks to establish that the report is one-sided. Going further, Chief Minister Manohar Joshi termed the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased." }}</ref><ref name="narula99">{{cite book|title=Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "untouchables"|author=Smita Narula|publisher=Human Rights Watch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kd28Ay09adgC&pg=PA124|year=1999|isbn=1564322289|quote=The reports findings were presented to the government of Maharashtra on February 16, 1998, more than five years after the riots took place. The report determined that the riots were the result of a deliberate and systematic effort to incite violence against Muslims and singled out Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray and Chief Minister Manohar Joshi as responsible. The Shiv Sena-BJP government, however, refused to adopt the commission's recommendations and instead labeled the report anti-Hindu.}}</ref> | ||
As Chief Minister, he had permitted the release of a plot of land in Pune, reserved for a school, to a builder with ties to his son-in-law, Girish Vyas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hand over Sundew Apartment or let PMC raze it: SC to Vyas Construction - Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hand-over-sundew-apartment-or-let-pmc-raze-it-sc-to-vyas-construction/859155/0 |access-date=27 September 2020 |work=Indian Express |date=13 October 2011}}</ref> A housing complex, named Sundew, was built on that land by Vyas in 1998. Sustained legal efforts by [[Vijay Kumbhar]], an RTI activist from Pune,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/victory-for-rti-activist-in-battle-against-former-cm-s-son-in-law-138595|title=Victory for RTI activist in battle against former CM's son-in-law|date=13 October 2011|website=mid-day}}</ref> led to Joshi's resignation in January 2009. In March 2009, [[Bombay High Court]] passed a verdict calling the housing complex illegal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/pune-land-controversy-back-to-haunt-shiv-sena/story-WGlNJUfXfe5lgFLcnzKNbP.html|title=Pune land controversy back to haunt Shiv Sena|date=13 October 2011|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> The [[Supreme Court of India]] upheld the verdict in 2011 and fined Joshi Rs 15,000. Following its order, the building is now being used for a school.<ref>{{cite news |title=Civic body starts school at Sundew apartments |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Civic-body-starts-school-at-Sundew-apartments/articleshow/23325823.cms |access-date=8 September 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=1 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
=== Lok Sabha and Speaker === | === Lok Sabha and Speaker === | ||