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Narayan Rane
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Narayan Rane
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNitin Gadkari
13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
1 February 1999 – 17 October 1999
GovernorP. C. Alexander
DeputyGopinath Munde
Preceded byManohar Joshi
Succeeded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Minister of Industry, Port & Employment, Maharashtra
In office
20 November 2010 – October 2014
Preceded byRajendra Darda
Succeeded bySubhash Desai
Minister of Revenue, Maharashtra
In office
15 June 1996 – 1 February 1999
Preceded bySudhir Joshi
Succeeded byEknath Khadse
In office
16 August 2005 – 6 December 2008
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byPatangrao Kadam
In office
9 November 2009 – 19 November 2010
Preceded byPatangrao Kadam
Succeeded byBalasaheb Thorat
Minister for Industry, Maharashtra
In office
10 February 2009 – 9 November 2009
Preceded byAshok Chavan
Succeeded byRajendra Darda
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
8 July 2016 – 22 September 2017
ConstituencyElected by MLAs[1]
Personal details
Born (1952-04-10) 10 April 1952 (age 71)
Mumbai, India
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Shiv Sena (1968–2005)
Indian National Congress (2005–2017)

Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha

(2017–2019)
Spouse(s)Neelam N. Rane
ChildrenNilesh Rane
Nitesh Rane
ResidenceMalvan, Maharashtra, India
Education10th grade [2]
OccupationPolitician

Narayan Tatya Rane (born 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is currently serving as the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of India. He was a Cabinet Minister for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment in the Government of Maharashtra.[3]

He was a member of Shiv Sena and opposition leader of Vidhan Sabha until July 2005, before he joined Indian National Congress party. He quit Congress in September 2017 and launched the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha. In 2018, he declared support for Bharatiya Janata Party, and was elected to the Rajya Sabha on a BJP nomination.[4] On 15 October 2019, he joined Bhartiya Janata Party and his party Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha was also merged into BJP.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Narayan Rane was born to Tatu Sitaram Rane and his wife Laxmibai Rane in Maharashtra. His wife's name is Neelam. He has two sons Nilesh and Nitesh Rane, later one is a politician. He dropped out from 11th grade.[6][7]

Political career[edit]

Shiv Sena[edit]

Rane joined Shiv Sena in his early twenties and started his political career as local Shakha Pramukh at Chembur, Mumbai. He then became the Councillor of Kopargaon. In 1999, when Manohar Joshi stepped down from the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Rane succeeded him. Shiv Sena expelled Rane from the party on 3 July 2005 as the Sena felt that "Rane began a show of strength. People were threatened and gangsterism in the Sena could not be tolerated".[8]

Indian National Congress[edit]

Rane later joined the Indian National Congress and was made the Revenue Minister of Maharashtra.[9] Rane sought re-election from his Malvan seat in the Konkan region on a Congress ticket and won with a lead of over 50,000 votes.[10]

On 21 July, Rane submitted his resignation to the chief minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan, to quit the post of Industries minister in Chavan's cabinet.[11]

In the wake of 2008 Mumbai attacks, Vilasrao Deshmukh, then Chief Minister of Maharashtra was removed from the Chief Ministerial Post and Ashok Chavan was made Chief Minister. As soon as Chavan was made Chief Minister, Rane protested against Congress Party and its senior leaders resulting in his suspension from Congress for six years.[12]

Later Rane apologize to Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and was later inducted back into Congress Party and was made Minister for Industry of Maharashtra. Rane supervised the debut of his two sons- Nitesh and Nilesh into Maharashtra politics. On 21 September 2017, Rane voluntarily left Congress.[13]

Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha[edit]

On 1 October 2017, Rane floated a new political party called the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha and indicated to ally with Bharatiya Janata Party.[14][15][16][17]

In 2017, Rane publicly criticized Shiv Sena working president Uddhav Thackeray and said Thackeray did not understand politics.[10]

Bharatiya Janata Party[edit]

Rane merged his party named Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha with the Bharatiya Janata Party on October 15, 2019, at Kankavli in presence of then Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.[18] He became Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Second Modi ministry after the Cabinet reshuffle.[19]

Newspaper Prahaar[edit]

Rane launched the Marathi daily Prahaar on 8 October 2008, under the ownership of Rane Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. While he serves as the Consulting Editor, journalist Madhukar Bhave is the editor of the newspaper.[20][21]

Election to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[edit]

  • 1990–1995
  • 1995–1999
  • 1999–2004
  • 2004–2005(After Resignation from Shiv Sena)
  • 2005–2009(by-election on Joining Indian congress Party)
  • 2009–2014

Offices held[edit]

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  • 1996–1999 Minister of Revenue, Dairy Development, Animal husbandry, Fisheries, Khar lands, Special assistance & rehabilitation.
  • 1999 Chief Minister of Maharashtra State
  • 1999–2005 Leader of Opposition
  • 2005–2008 Minister of Revenue
  • 2009–2010 Minister of Revenue
  • 2010–2014 Minister of Industries

Controversies[edit]

  1. In August 2011, there was a dispute in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly alleging Rane’s involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.[22]
  2. On 24th of August 2021, Mr. Rane was arrested in Ratnagiri by Maharashtra Police due to his remarks against Uddhav Thackeray, CM of Maharashtra.[23] He was released the next morning.[24]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Maharashtra Council polls: Narayan Rane among 10 candidates elected unopposed". DNA India. 3 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Shri Narayan Rane | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "महाराष्ट्र : नारायण राणे की आत्मकथा आने की खबर से". AR Live News. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Will decide on future of my party within a week: Narayan Rane". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kept Waiting For Months, Konkan Strongman Narayan Rane Finally Joins BJP With His Outfit". News18. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Narayan Rane". India.gov.in.
  7. ↑ Hindustan Times https://www..hindustantimes.com/india-news/video-shows-ex-cm-narayan-rane-s-mla-son-nitesh-throwing-slush-on-engineer/story-55y0by9vxNyvy91Lnr0piN_amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwik-PfKzcvyAhVy73MBHVpPBnYQtwJ6BAgsEAE&usg=AOvVaw3qi9u8z40jLAFNTD6sYMYx&ampcf=1. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Narayan Rane expelled". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Narayan rane | Latest News on Narayan-rane | Breaking Stories and Opinion Articles". Firstpost. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Narayan Rane". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Narayan Rane quits Chavan cabinet in Maharashtra". Patrika Group. No. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Narayan, Rane, narayan Rane, Narayan rane, narayan rane". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  13. ↑ Shoumojit Banerjee (21 September 2017). "Finally, Narayan Rane quits Congress". The Hindu.
  14. ↑ "Ex-Congress leader Narayan Rane floats new party". rediff.com. MUMBAI. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Narayan Rane announces new political party". thehindu.com. MUMBAI. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Narayan Rane floats new party, to 'support' BJP govt in Maharashtra". timesofindia.com. MUMBAI. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Rane expected to form separate group in BMC". Free Press Journal. MUMBAI. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Finally Konkan Strongman Narayan Rane joins BJP". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  20. ↑ "GRAND CEREMONY AND POWERFUL SPEECHES MARK NARAYAN RANE'S NEWSPAPER PRAHAAR'S LAUNCH". NMTV. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  21. ↑ "Narayan, Rane, Narayan Rane, Narayan Rane, Narayan rane". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  22. ↑ "Adarsh scam: Opposition up against Narayan Rane". DNA India. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  23. ↑ "Union Minister Narayan Rane Arrested Over "Slap Thackeray" Remark". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  24. ↑ "Hours after arrest, Narayan Rane granted bail in 'slap Uddhav' remark case". The Indian Express. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

External links[edit]

Preceded by
Sudhir Joshi 		Minister of Revenue
15 June 1996 – 1 February 1999 		Succeeded by
Diwakar Raote
Preceded by
Manohar Joshi 		Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1 February 1999 – 17 October 1999 		Succeeded by
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded by
Vilasrao Deshmukh 		Minister of Revenue
16 August 2005 – 6 December 2008 		Succeeded by
Patangrao Kadam
Preceded by
Ashok Chavan 		Minister of Industry
20 February 2009 – 9 November 2009 		Succeeded by
Rajendra Darda
Preceded by
Patangrao Kadam 		Minister of Revenue
9 November 2009 – 19 November 2010 		Succeeded by
Balasaheb Thorat
Preceded by
Rajendra Darda 		Minister of Industry, Port and Employment
20 November 2010 – October 2014 		Succeeded by
Subhash Desai


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