Rajabhau Waje | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start: | 16 June 2024 |
Predecessor: | Hemant Godse |
Constituency: | Nashik |
Party: | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) |
Office1: | Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |
Constituency1: | Sinnar |
Term Start1: | 2014 |
Term End1: | 2019 |
Residence: | Sinnar |
Occupation: | Politician |
Birth Date: | 14 December 1965 |
Birth Place: | Deglur |
Nationality: | Indian |
Rajabhau Waje (born 1965) is an Indian politician, from Sinnar, Nashik district. He is the member of 18th Lok Sabha.[1] He was Member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Sinnar Vidhan Sabha constituency as member of Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena.[2] [3] He belongs to a political family and his grandfather Shankar Balaji Waje was Maharashtra Legislative Assembly member from Sinnar 1965-67. His grandmother Mathurabai Waje was 1st female Mayer of Sinnar (Nagar Parishad) in Bombay State 1953. He resigned from his post to support the Sanyukta Maharashtra Chalval and served prison terms. His father Prakash Waje also contested 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from Sinnar (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[4]
Rajabhau Waje has supported farmers cause and has led many agitations.[5] In May 2023, a panel led by Rajabhau Waje snatched the power of Sinnar APMC from his rival Manikrao Kokate.[6]