Vilas Muttemwar

Vilas Muttemwar
Vilas Muttemwar
Personal details
Born	22 March 1949 (age 75); Sindewahi, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Chhaya Muttemwar
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
Residence	Nagpur
	As of 16 September, 2006Source: []

Vilas Muttemwar (orig. Muthyamwar) (born 22 March 1949) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is former minister of state (independent charge) of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India. He lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to BJP candidate Nitin Gadkari from the Nagpur (Lok Sabha constituency). He had earlier been elected to 7th (1980-84), 8th, 10th 12th (1998-99), 13th (1999-2004), 14th (2004-09) and 15th Lok Sabha (2009-14).

Muttemwar's family ethnic Telugu (Perkiwar) settled in Maharashtra with no known direct links to Andhra Pradesh and in fact, do not even speak Telugu.

The Dream Project - Mihan

Vilas Muttemwar is considered as pioneer of the MIHAN Project in Nagpur. He has been constantly following up the project. Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh acknowledged, by saying Vilas Muttemwar has written almost 5000 letters to the Civil Aviation ministry, Government of Maharashtra and the Prime Minister's office.

Conflict with Local Leaders

Vinod Gudadhe Patil has been opposing the MIHAN Project, he also led a protest march against Muttemwar and the MIHAN land acquiring team. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel wanted to move MIHAN Project to Chakan, Pune. However direct and strong criticism from Muttemwar has made it difficult for him. Praful Patel is Member of Parliament from Nationalist Congress Party NCP.^{[verification needed]}

Vidarbha Statehood

After positive action in December 2009, on part of the Central Government regarding Telangana state in Andhra Pradesh, Vilas Muttemwar is now leading the statehood movement for a separate Vidarbha state.

References

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External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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