Manohar Joshi

Manohar Joshi
Manohar Joshi
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
	In office; 10 May 2002 – 2 June 2004
Deputy	P. M. Sayeed
Preceded by	G. M. C. Balayogi
Succeeded by	Somnath Chatterjee
12th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	In office; 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Deputy	Gopinath Munde
Preceded by	Sharad Pawar
Succeeded by	Narayan Rane
Mayor of Mumbai
	In office; 1976–1977
Preceded by	N. D. Mehta
Succeeded by	Murli Deora
Member of Parliament
	In office; 1999–2004
Preceded by	Ramdas Athawale
Succeeded by	Eknath Gaikwad
Constituency	Mumbai North Central
Personal details
Born	2 December 1937 (age 86); Raigad, Bombay Presidency, British India
Political party	Shiv Sena
Spouse	Anagha Joshi

Manohar Gajanan Joshi (born 2 December 1937) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena political party. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995–1999.

Background and family

Joshi was born in a Brahmin family^[1] hailing from Raigad district . His forthfathers migrated from Beed district to Goregaon village of Raigad district. He got help from his other middle class relatives while studying. He was married on 14 May 1964 to Smt. Anagha Joshi, and has a son, Unmesh, and two daughters. Joshi has been awarded a honorory doctorate (in political science) by Mumbai University in 2010.

Formation of Kohinoor

After MA in law he joined in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as an officer, but later started the Kohinoor technical/vocational training institute with the idea of an institute for semi–skilled youths to offer training as electrician, plumber, TV/radio/scooter repairman, photography. Eventually, he started multiple branches of Kohinoor in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, etc., and later he made an entry in construction and other capital-oriented business.

Manohar Joshi also founded the Kohinoor Business School & Kohinoor-IMI School of Hospitality Management in Khandala, Maharashtra.Later on took Chancellorship of Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth.

Political career

Early years

He began his career by being elected to the Legislative Council from the Shiv Sena. He served three terms from 1972 till 1989. He became the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976 to 1977. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from a Shiv Sena ticket in 1990.^[2]

Joshi with former BCCI vice-president Dnyaneshwar Agashe.

Chief Minister

He became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power.

Controversy and resignation

Joshi and Bal Thackeray were explicitly named for inciting the Shivsainiks for violence against Muslims during the 1992–1993 riots in an inquiry ordered by the government of India, the Srikrishna Commission Report. However, Joshi, then a part of the BJP-Sena government called the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased" and refused to adopt the commission's recommendations.^[3]^[4]

During his term as Chief Minister he was embroiled in a scam involving the change of reservation of a plot of land in Pune, which was being developed by his son-in-law, Girish Vyas. Just a couple of months prior to the High Court of Mumbai passing a verdict against Girish Vyas and terming the housing complex "Sundew", illegal, under severe pressure from the opposition, Mr. Joshi resigned.^[5] Later, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the High Court^[6] but set aside the order to conduct criminal investigation against the former Chief Minister.^[7]

Lok Sabha and Speaker

He was promoted to the Lok Sabha when he won from Central Mumbai in the 1999 General Elections. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004 during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration.

He was elected for a six-year term to the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2006^[8] after being defeated in the previous Lok Sabha election from the Central Mumbai constituency.

References

^ Joshi, Manohar (18 November 2012). "Balasaheb Thackeray stood behind his men like a mountain". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Former Speakers". Office of the Speaker of Lok Sabha, New Delhi. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ "The Shiv Sena indicted". Frontlineonnet.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013. The Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Maharashtra has rejected the core of the report, which was presented before the two Houses of the legislature on August 6 along with a memorandum of action to be taken thereon. The Action Taken Report (ATR), seeks to establish that the report is one-sided. Going further, Chief Minister Manohar Joshi termed the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased." {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Smita Narula (1999). Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "untouchables". Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1564322289. The reports findings were presented to the government of Maharashtra on February 16, 1998, more than five years after the riots took place. The report determined that the riots were the result of a deliberate and systematic effort to incite violence against Muslims and singled out Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray and Chief Minister Manohar Joshi as responsible. The Shiv Sena-BJP government, however, refused to adopt the commission's recommendations and instead labeled the report anti-Hindu.
^ "Pune land controversy back to haunt Shiv Sena"^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Hand over Sundew Apartment or let PMC raze it: SC to Vyas Construction"
^ "Former CM Joshi pays 25,000 to petitioner"
^ "Arjun, Bhardwaj, Shinde elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha", Tribuneindia.com, 20 March 2006.

External links

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Ramdas Athawale	Member of Parliament for Mumbai North Central 1999 – 2004	Succeeded by Eknath Gaikwad
Political offices
Preceded by Sharad Pawar	Chief Minister of Maharashtra 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999	Succeeded by Narayan Rane
Preceded by G. M. C. Balayogi	Speaker of Lok Sabha 2002 – 2004	Succeeded by Somnath Chatterjee

[1] Joshi, Manohar (18 November 2012). "Balasaheb Thackeray stood behind his men like a mountain". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Former Speakers". Office of the Speaker of Lok Sabha, New Delhi. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[fln-3] "The Shiv Sena indicted". Frontlineonnet.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013. The Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Maharashtra has rejected the core of the report, which was presented before the two Houses of the legislature on August 6 along with a memorandum of action to be taken thereon. The Action Taken Report (ATR), seeks to establish that the report is one-sided. Going further, Chief Minister Manohar Joshi termed the report "anti-Hindu, pro-Muslim and biased." {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[narula99-4] Smita Narula (1999). Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "untouchables". Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1564322289. The reports findings were presented to the government of Maharashtra on February 16, 1998, more than five years after the riots took place. The report determined that the riots were the result of a deliberate and systematic effort to incite violence against Muslims and singled out Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray and Chief Minister Manohar Joshi as responsible. The Shiv Sena-BJP government, however, refused to adopt the commission's recommendations and instead labeled the report anti-Hindu.

[5] "Pune land controversy back to haunt Shiv Sena"^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "Hand over Sundew Apartment or let PMC raze it: SC to Vyas Construction"

[7] "Former CM Joshi pays 25,000 to petitioner"

[8] "Arjun, Bhardwaj, Shinde elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha", Tribuneindia.com, 20 March 2006.

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