Dhananjay Munde

Dhananjay Panditrao Munde (born 15 July 1975)[2] is an Indian politician, who is currently a member of the Nationalist Congress Party, was appointed cabinet minister in Uddhav Thackeray's Maharashtra State Government.

Dhananjay Munde
Minister of Social Justice and Special Assistance
Government of Maharashtra
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
Parli, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyNationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Spouse(s)Rajashri Munde
Children4 (1 son 3 daughters)
FatherPanditrao Munde
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.dhananjaymunde.org

Early life and education

Munde was born on 15 July 1975 in Nathra, Parli Vaijnath, Beed in a Vanjari family. Munde's family consists of his mother, Rukmini Munde, wife Rajshri Munde and daughter Adishri Munde.[3]

Political Career

Munde won the 2019 assembly elections from Parli constituency. He is the Guardian Minister of Beed District and the Minister of Social Justice and Special Assistance of the State of Maharashtra.[4][5] On 24 December 2019,[6][7] as the Minister for Social Justice and Special Assistance.[8] Earlier, he had held the role of opposition leader in the Legislative Council of Maharashtra.[9]

Personal life

Dhananjay Munde is married to Rajashri Munde.[10]

Rape allegations

In January 2021, Munde faced allegations of rape by singer Renu Sharma. He issued a statement that he is in a relationship with Karuna Sharma, Renu Sharma's sister, and Karuna had two children with him whose responsibility he has accepted. Munde added that since 2019 the two sisters and their brother have been blackmailing him.[11] A few days later, Renu Sharma withdrew her rape complaint against Dhananjay Munde. [12]

See also

References
  1. "Maharashtra Council polls: Narayan Rane among 10 candidates elected unopposed". DNA India. 3 June 2016.
  2. "Dhananjay Panditrao Munde". indialeader.com.
  3. "Cousins collide". The Week. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. author/lokmat-news-network (30 October 2020). "बीड जिल्ह्यातील चार तालुक्यांमध्ये नुकसानीचे होणार फेर पंचनामे; पालकमंत्री मुंडे यांचे आदेश". Lokmat (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. "समाजकार्य महाविद्यालयांच्या वेतनासाठी १०३ कोटींचे अनुदान". Loksatta (in Marathi). 9 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  6. "Pankaja Munde trailing behind NCP's Dhananjay Munde by 30,701 votes from Parli constituency". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. "Pankaja Munde loses Maharashtra's Parli seat to cousin Dhananjay Munde". Inshorts - Stay Informed. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  8. ": Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers". Sarkaritel.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  9. "Munde Dhananjay Panditrao - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  10. Bhadani, Priyanka (19 October 2019). "Cousins collide". The Week.
  11. Sutar, Kamlesh Damodar (12 January 2021). "Singer alleges rape, Maha Minister Dhananjay Munde refutes, calls it blackmail". India Today.
  12. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/woman-withdraws-rape-complaint-against-dhananjay-munde/
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