Ranjeet Deshmukh Explained

Office1:Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:(1985-1990),(1990
Term End1:1995)
Predecessor1:Naik Ramji Chiman
Successor1:Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar
Constituency1:Savner Assembly constituency
Office2:Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Term Start2:(1995-1998), (1998
Term End2:2004)
Office3:Leader of The House
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Term Start3:18 Jan 2003
Term End3:23 Dec 2003
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:Sushilkumar Shinde
2Blankname3:Chairman of the House
2Namedata3:
Office4:President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
Term Start4:(1997-1998), (2003
Term End4:2004)
Successor4:Prabha Rau
Office5:Cabinet Minister in Fourth Pawar ministry
Government of Maharashtra
Minister5:
Term Start5:6 March 1993
Term End5:14 March 1995
Office6:Cabinet Minister in First Deshmukh ministry
Government of Maharashtra
Minister6:
Term Start6:18 Oct 1999
Term End6:16 Jan 2003
Office7:Cabinet Minister in Shinde ministry
Government of Maharashtra
Minister7:
Term Start7:27 Jan 2003
Term End7:19 Oct 2004
Birth Date:29 May 1946
Birth Place:Wadvihira, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Children:Ashish Deshmukh & Dr.Amol Deshmukh
Party: Indian National Congress
Alma Mater:Graduate Professional B.E. (MECHANICAL) MYSORE UNIVERSITY, MANIPAL YEAR- 1970
Spouse:Smt.Roopa Deshmukh
Website:

Ranjeet Arvindbabu Deshmukh was an Indian politician and Senior Congress leader. He held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC).[1] He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.[2]

Political career

Ranjeet Deshmukh, joined politics in the 1970. He was a youth leader and the head of the youth congress of the Indian National Congress who worked very closely with Sanjay Gandhi. He was first elected as an MLA from Ramtek constituency Maharashtra. In the 1990s he was involved in the movement for a separate statehood for Vidarbha.[3] [4] [5] Ranjeet Deshmukh considered 'chief minister material' for Maharashtra. He was in the reckoning but party colleague Vilasrao Deshmukh got the post Later, he fell out with the Congress leadership over granting of statehood to Vidarbha.[6] Ranjeet Deshmukh held several Cabinet portfolios right from rural development in which he made significant contribution pioneering village cleanliness drives, to education, technical education, health, agriculture and textiles. He was in the Congress-led governments in the state for almost two decades. He had love-hate relationship with former CM late Vilasrao Deshmukh. In 2004 he unsuccessfully contested from Nagpur West Assembly seat and was defeated by former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP. He was a two-term president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and ex-minister. Ranjit Deshmukh was seeking a desperate comeback into the Congress mainstream.His 65th birthday celebrations provided an occasion. His old associates organized a function which looked more like a Congress event. The organizing committee of over 150 Congressmen was headed by district guardian minister Shivajirao Moghe and had two ministers from the city Nitin Raut and Rajendra Mulak.[7] [8] In 2014 he quit the Indian National Congress because of poor functioning" of the organisation.[9] [10] [11]

Personal life

Ranjeet Deshmukh is married to Mrs.Roopa Deshmukh and has 2 children Ashish Deshmukh & Dr. Amol Deshmukh. His elder son Ashish Deshmukh was elected as an MLA in the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Election . He represents the Katol Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party 2014.[12] [13] His younger son Dr. Amol Deshmukh fought the 2014 Assembly Election on a Nationalist Congress Party ticket.[14] In 2002 along with Chikki Panday he founded the 'Akshara Foundation of Arts & Learning' which works towards providing education to under privileged children.[15] In the year 1990 Ranjeet Deshmukh also founded the NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, now a leading name in private medical education.[16]

Positions held

Notes and References

  1. News: Ranjit Deshmukh to head MPCC. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  2. News: Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1985. elections.in.
  3. News: Chief minister from Vidarbha, demands Ranjit Deshmukh. business-standard.com. 12 January 2016.
  4. News: Ranjit Deshmukh's Vidarbha flip flop. business-standard.com.
  5. News: Ranjit Deshmukh's Padyatra in support of separate Vidarbha. asianage.com.
  6. News: Sonia Gandhi is avoiding meeting state leaders camping in Delhi. Former MPCC president Ranjit Deshmukh. dnaindia.com.
  7. News: Deshmukh to organise convention of Congress leaders . saharasamay.com. 12 January 2016.
  8. News: Ranjit Deshmukh returns to mainstream politics . timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 12 January 2016.
  9. News: Ex-Maharashtra Congress president Ranjit Deshmukh quits . indianexpress.com. 12 January 2016.
  10. News: Ranjit Deshmukh demands removal of Manikrao Thakre from MPCC. hindustantimes.com.
  11. News: Ex-Maharashtra Congress president Ranjit Deshmukh quits . indiatvnews.com. 12 January 2016.
  12. News: Nagpur BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh resigns saying 'party ignoring voice of people'. Times of India. 2 October 2018.
  13. News: Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014 . India Today. 12 January 2016.
  14. News: Dr. Amol Deshmukh wishes to contest assembly polls from Ramtek . nagpurtoday.in. 12 January 2016.
  15. Web site: Founders. AFAL. 12 January 2016.
  16. News: NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences . timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. 12 January 2016.
  17. News: Ranjit Deshmukh resigns as MLC . rediff.com.