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== Personal Life ==
== Personal Life ==
Dhananjay Munde is married to Rajashri Munde <ref>https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/2019/10/18/cousins-collide.html</ref>In January 2021, Dhananjay Munde faced allegations of rape by singer Renu Sharma. He issued a statement that he was in a relationship with Karuna Sharma, Renu Sharma's sister, and Karuna had two children with him whose responsibility he had accepted. Munde added that since 2019 the sisters and their brother had started blackmailing him. <ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/singer-alleges-rape-maha-minister-dhananjay-munde-refutes-calls-it-blackmail-1758425-2021-01-12</ref>
Dhananjay Munde is married to Rajashri Munde <ref>https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/2019/10/18/cousins-collide.html</ref>In January 2021, Dhananjay Munde faced allegations of rape by singer Renu Sharma. He issued a statement that he was in a relationship with '''[https://arealnews.com/karuna-sharma-biography/ Karuna Sharma]''', Renu Sharma's sister, and Karuna had two children with him whose responsibility he had accepted. Munde added that since 2019 the sisters and their brother had started blackmailing him. <ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/singer-alleges-rape-maha-minister-dhananjay-munde-refutes-calls-it-blackmail-1758425-2021-01-12</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==

Revision as of 13:26, 13 January 2021

Dhananjay Munde
Minister of Social Justice and Special Assistance
Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 December 2019
Preceded bySuresh Khade
ConstituencyParli
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[1]
In office
21 October 2019
Preceded byPankaja Munde
Personal details
Born (1975-07-15) 15 July 1975 (age 49)
Parli, Maharashtra, India
Political partyNationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Parent
  • Panditrao Munde (father)
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.dhananjaymunde.org

Dhananjay Panditrao Munde (born 15 July 1975)[2] is an Indian politician, who is currently a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. [3] He was appointed cabinet minister in Uddhav Thackeray's Maharashtra State Government on 24 December 2019, [4] [5] as the Minister for Social Justice and Special Assistance.[6] Earlier, he had held the role of opposition leader in the Legislative Council of Maharashtra.[7]

Early Life and Education

He was born on 15 July 1975, in Vanjari family in Parli.

Personal Life

Dhananjay Munde is married to Rajashri Munde [8]In January 2021, Dhananjay Munde faced allegations of rape by singer Renu Sharma. He issued a statement that he was in a relationship with Karuna Sharma, Renu Sharma's sister, and Karuna had two children with him whose responsibility he had accepted. Munde added that since 2019 the sisters and their brother had started blackmailing him. [9]

Political career

He is the nephew of BJP leader Gopinath Munde.[10] He has also worked as the BJP's Youth Wing Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha's President in Maharashtra prior to joining the Nationalist Congress Party in 2012[11] in the presence of Sharad Pawar. He became a member of Maharashtra's Legislative Council in 2014. He contested 2014 Vidhan Sabha election from Parli but lost to his cousin Pankaja Munde. He avenged the defeat in 2019 and became an MLA for the first time, and also a minister soon later. [12]

Positions held

Within NCP

  • Opposition Leader, Maharashtra Legislative Council, Since 2014
  • Cabinet minister, Social Justice and Special Assistance. Government of Maharashtra. From 24 December 2019

Within BJP

Legislative

  • Opposition Leader, Maharashtra Legislative Council, Since 2014

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-council-polls-narayan-rane-among-10-candidates-elected-unopposed-2219613
  2. ^ "Dhananjay Panditrao Munde". indialeader.com.
  3. ^ http://www.mid-day.com/search/dhananjay-munde-joins-ncp_all
  4. ^ "Pankaja Munde trailing behind NCP's Dhananjay Munde by 30,701 votes from Parli constituency". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Pankaja Munde loses Maharashtra's Parli seat to cousin Dhananjay Munde". Inshorts - Stay Informed. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. ^ ": Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers". Sarkaritel.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Munde Dhananjay Panditrao(Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)):Constituency- MUNDE DHANANJAY PANDITRAO - 2016(ELECTED BY MLAS) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  8. ^ https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/2019/10/18/cousins-collide.html
  9. ^ https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/singer-alleges-rape-maha-minister-dhananjay-munde-refutes-calls-it-blackmail-1758425-2021-01-12
  10. ^ "Gopinath Munde's Nephew Seeks SC Probe Into Uncle's Death After Cyber Expert's EVM Hacking Claim". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  11. ^ http://www.mid-day.com/articles/gopinath-mundes-nephew-quits-bjp-joins-ncp/220760
  12. ^ http://www.uniindia.com/dhananjay-munde-sworn-in-as-cabinet-minister/west/news/1837717.html
  13. ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-bjp-announces-new-team-of-officials-1078959
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