Arjun Khotkar Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Arjun Khotkar
Office:Minister of State for Textile, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries
Government of Maharashtra
Term Start:8 July 2016
Term End:2019
Office2:Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra
Term Start2:2014
Term End2:2019
Constituency2:Jalna Vidhan Sabha constituency
Birth Date:1 January 1962[1]
Birth Place:Wakhari Wadgaon, Maharashtra, India[2]
Party:Shiv Sena
Relations:Anirudh Khotkar Sanjay Khotkar (Brothers)
Nationality:Indian
Website:arjunkhotkar.com

Arjun Panditrao Khotkar (born 1 January 1962) is a Shiv Sena politician from Jalna district, Marathwada. He was Member of Legislative Assembly from Jalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Maharashtra, India as a member of Shiv Sena. He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state for Textile, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries in July, 2016.[3] [4] He has been elected for 4 terms in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 1990, 1995, 2004 & 2014.[5] [6] [7] [8] He was Minister of state in Shiv Sena Government 1999.[9] On 25 November 2017 his 2014 election from Jalna constituency was declared void by Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court for filing his nomination papers after deadline has ended.[10]

Controversies

Case

Justice T V Nalawade of the Aurangabad bench passed the order on an election petition by Kailash Gorantyal of the Congress party who had contested against Khotkar.[11]

Accusations

The AAP leader Preeti Sharma Menon claimed that Arjun Khotkar, the Sena MLA from Jalna and Chairman of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Jalna had fraudulently taken over more than 200 shops in Jalna and had distributed amongst his family and friends.[12]

Positions held

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: माझ्या विषयी . 21 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150814080507/http://www.arjunkhotkar.com/about.php . 14 August 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: माझ्या विषयी . 21 October 2015 . 14 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150814080507/http://www.arjunkhotkar.com/about.php . dead .
  3. News: Arjun Khotkar inducted in Maharashtra ministry. 8 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160709145729/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20160708/2895397.html. 9 July 2016. live. dmy-all.
  4. News: Cabinet Expansion: Maharashtra Gets 11 New Ministers, 2 From Shiv Sena. ndtv.com. 8 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160708125340/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shiv-sena-to-be-part-of-devendra-fadnavis-cabinet-expansion-1429178. 8 July 2016. live. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Jalna (Maharashtra) Election Results 2014, Current and Previous MLA. elections.in. 21 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721004247/http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/jalna.html. 21 July 2015. live. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Vuabai9 - game nổ hũ, quay hũ uy tín nhất 2022 - VB9 . 21 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044105/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=620&cid=186 . 4 March 2016 . live . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Vuabai9 - game nổ hũ, quay hũ uy tín nhất 2022 - VB9 . 21 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052325/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=609&cid=186 . 4 March 2016 . live . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Vuabai9 - game nổ hũ, quay hũ uy tín nhất 2022 - VB9 . 21 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052359/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=1018&cid=101 . 4 March 2016 . live . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: माझ्या विषयी . 21 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150814080507/http://www.arjunkhotkar.com/about.php . 14 August 2015 . live . dmy-all .
  10. News: HC declares Sena minister Khotkar's 2014 election void.
  11. News: 2017-11-24 . Bombay HC quashes Shiv Sena minister Arjun Khotkar's election from Jalna . The Economic Times . 2023-08-20 . 0013-0389.
  12. News: 2016-08-18 . AAP Accuses Sena MLA Arjun Khotkar of Rs 500 crore APMC scam . The Economic Times . 2023-08-20 . 0013-0389.
  13. Web site: Archived copy . 17 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063317/http://mls.org.in/pdf/c1516.pdf . 17 November 2015 . live . dmy-all .
  14. News: राज्य मंत्रिमंडळाचे खातेवाटप. 10 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160712004851/http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/government-of-maharashtra-cabinet-division-1265006/. 12 July 2016. live. dmy-all.
  15. News: पालकमंत्र्यांची नवी यादी जाहीर. 24 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180225142318/http://abpmajha.abplive.in/mumbai/new-guardian-ministers-list-336989. 25 February 2018. live. dmy-all.
  16. News: अर्जुन खाेतकर उस्मानाबाद जिल्ह्याचे पालकमंत्री . 24 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162538/https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-MAR-IFTM-khotkar-district-guardian-minister-of-osmanabad-5806633-NOR.html . 24 March 2018 . live . dmy-all .

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