Mahadev Jankar
Mahadev Jagannath Jankar (Marathi: महादेव जानकर) (Born on 19 April 1968) is Former Cabinet Minister in Government of Maharashtra as Minister for Animal Husbandry,Dairy Development and Fisheries Development. He is Indian Politician and founder and National President of Rashtriya Samaj Paksha(rsp} (Rashtriya Samaj Party) an Indian political party based in Maharashtra, founded in 2003.
Mahadev Jankar | |
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Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra[1] | |
Assumed office 23 January 2015 | |
President | Rashtriya Samaj Paksha |
Minister for Animal Husbandry,Dairy Development and Fisheries Development Maharashtra State[2][3] | |
In office 8 July 2016 – 9 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | Eknath Khadse |
Personal details | |
Born | Maan, Maharashtra | 19 April 1968
Political party | Rashtriya Samaj Paksha |
Occupation | Politician |
As of January 23, 2015 |
Early life and education
Mr. Jankar was born in a poor family in small village in Maan which is in Satara district. Jankar completed his Degree In Electrical Engineering with first class from Walchand College of Engineering.[4]
Political career
Mr. Jankar started its political career by joining bsp in leadership of kanshiram. Then he became the chief of yashwant sena. But yashwant sena being cultural organisation it had some limits in achieving political ends.so in 2003 he found political party "Rastriya samaj samaj party" (RSP). contested the Madha Lok Sabha seat in the 2009 elections where he finished in third place behind the winner, Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Subhash Deshmukh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also contested for a Lok Sabha seat in 2014 from Baramati where he finished in second place behind the winner, Supriya Sule of the Nationalist Congress Party by a huge margin of 69,719.
He was elected as Member of Legislative Council on 23 January 2015.
He was promoted as Cabinet Minister in July,2016 as Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department, Maharashtra State.
References
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- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2016-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "A 'fakir' who is out to slay an 'emperor'". Mumbai Mirror. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 30 September 2014.