Govindrao Adik

Govindrao Wamanrao Adik (January 4th, 1939 – 7 June 2015 )[1]

Govindrao Adik
Born
Shrirampur Taluka
NationalityIndian
Political partyNationalist Congress Party

MP, National General Secretary of NCP & Ex. Minister of Agriculture, Law & Judiciary (04/01/1939 - 07/06/2015)

Govindrao Wamanrao Adik was National General Secretary of the 'Nationalist Congress Party' (NCP) at the time of his passing away. Shri. Govindrao Adik began his career in social life in the year 1967, when he served as General Secretary of the 'Shrirampur Taluka Congress Committee'. He was elected to the 'Maharashtra Legislative Assembly' for the first time in 1972, general elections and become a MLA in Maharashtra at the young age of 33 years. He served as a MLA for three terms, twice representing Shrirampur Assembly Constituency and once representing Vaijapur Assembly Constituency. Thus, he had the distinction of serving in the Maharashtra Legislature from two districts via. Ahmednagar (Shrirampur) and Aurangabad (Vaijapur)

Political career:

He was instrumental in his early political years for the formation of ‘Mula Pravara Electric Cooperative society’ along with late Shri. Baburao dada Tanpure of Rahuri, who was a senior leader in the state co-operative movement. The two were co-promoters of this novel electric co-operative society, which was one of the five such proposals considered nationally, then late Shri. Annasaheb Shinde (Former Minister of state, Agriculture, GOI) was the guiding force and supported them in this regards.

Govindrao Wamanrao Adik, become a member of the state cabinet in Maharashtra for the first time in the year 1978-80 and served as Minister for Irrigation, command area development, Law and Judiciary in the Progressive Democratic Front, government under the chief Ministership of Shri. Sharad Pawar. In 1989, Govindrao Adik was appointed chairman of MSRTC (Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation) and given status of a cabinet Minister of Maharashtra. The challenging assignment was met lead on by Govindrao Adik and loss-making Corporation was a profitable enterprise when he finished his tenure as its chairman.

Govindrao Adik was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Constituency is a by election for the first time on 03/08/1993 to 02/04/1994. He was elected for a second term to the Rajya Sabha on 03/04/1994 to 02/04/2000, both times as a candidate of the INC (Indian National Congress). He also served another term as Rajya Sabha MP between 04/08/2009 to 02/04/2012 representing the NCP. (Nationalist Congress Party) MLC.

Govindrao Adik, held the following positions throughout his tenure:

1. President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress committee.

2. Minister of Agriculture, Law and Judiciary

3. President of Indian National Trade union Congress (INTUC)

4. President of Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh (RMMS)

5. President of Maharashtra Rajya Rashtriya Sakhar Kamgar Sanghatana

6. President of Maharashtra Maharashtra Rajya Rashtriya S. T. Kamgar Sanghatana

7. Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha

     1.  03/08/1993 – 02/04/1994   Indian National Congress (INC)

     2. 03/04/1994 – 02/04/2000

     3. 04/08/2009 – 02/04/2012:   'Nationalist Congress Party' (NCP)

8.  National General Secretary of the 'Nationalist Congress Party.

Biography

Govindrao Wamanrao Adik was born in Khanapur village of Shrirampur Taluka on January 4th, 1939 in the family of Smt. Jankibai Adik and Shri. Wamanrao Adik. Govindrao Wamanrao Adik was the youngest born in the family and had four brothers and one sister. His brothers were Adv. Ramrao Wamanrao Adik (Ex. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra), Adv. Laxmanrao Wamanrao Adik, Keshavrao Wamanrao Adik and his sister was Smt. Shantabai Rajaram Varkad. His son Avinash Govindrao Adik is the Spokesperson and General Secretary of NCP and daughter Anuradha Govindrao Adik is the President of Shrirampur Municipal council.

Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party

He served as an Agriculture Minister in the Maharashtra Cabinet from 2003 to 2005. Govindrao Adik, was a close associate of Sharad Pawar before Pawar split from the Indian National Congress (INC) to form his independent base, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Like many leaders at the time, Adik remained in the INC after the split. He commands a substantial mass support in rural, specially western Maharashtra. Adik welcomed the appointment of Ashok Chavan as Chief Minister of Maharashtra and expressed hope that he would retain his clean image and put the party back on track. However, in 2009 Adik expected to be inducted into the state cabinet by the Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. A change was made during the final hour which brought another Congressman Shri Radhekrishna Vikhe Patil, the son of former Union Minister Shri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, into the Cabinet. This sudden exclusion of his name from the list disappointed Adik, who had been expecting a Ministerial berth ever since 2005.

As one of the longest serving leaders in the INC and a senior member, Adik felt abandoned by the party leadership. Expressing discontent about senior party members being isolated by the INC, in a letter to the United Progressive Alliance Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, Govindrao Adik resigned from the Congress Party membership on the 29 February to join the NCP. On 15 March he addressed a rally in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra with the NCP President Sharad Pawar, where he urged the entire state to back the NCP.

References
  1. "Veteran NCP leader Govindrao Adik no more". DNA India Newspaper. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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