Manohar Rajusingh Naik is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party in the state of Maharashtra. The Naik family has not lost the Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Seat since 1952.
Manohar Naik | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2001–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhakarrao Naik |
| Succeeded by | Indranil Naik |
| Constituency | Pusad |
| In office 1995–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhakarrao Naik |
| Succeeded by | Sudhakarrao Naik |
| Constituency | Pusad |
| Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office Nov 2004 – Dec 2008 | |
| Minister | Minister of Food and Drug Administration. |
| Preceded by | R. R. Patil |
| Cabinet Minister Second Ashok Chavan ministry Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office Dec 2008 – Nov 2010 | |
| Minister | Minister of Food and Drug Administration. |
| Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office Nov 2010 – Sep 2014 | |
| Minister | Minister of Food and Drug Administration. |
| Succeeded by | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil |
| Guardian Minister of Nandurbar district | |
| In office (1 Nov 2004 – 4 Nov 2008) | |
| Guardian Minister of Yavatmal District | |
| In office (8 Dec 2008 – 6 Nov 2009) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1943 Gahuli village, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, India |
The Naik family has tremendous influence over Banjara community, a scheduled tribe, which is in significant number in Yavatmal and a deciding factor in Pusad constituency. [1][2][3]
Personal life
editNaik was born in 1943 born at the remote Yawali village[4] near Chapdoh dam,[5] 3 km from Karegaon on Karegaon-Ramnagar-Yawali link road off Yavatmal-Ghatanji State highway MH SH 237,[6] in the Yavatmal district in the southern Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. He is nephew of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vasantrao Naik and brother of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Sudhakarrao Naik.[7]
Career
editNaik has been elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Yavatmal district from 1995 to 1999, 2004–2009,[8] 2009–2014,[9] and 2014–2019.[1]
From 2009 to 2014, he was the Minister of Food and Drug Administration in the Government of Maharashtra in India.
He is a Managing Committee member of the Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal and the Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ The Times of India (24 November 2024). "Pusad's 'blue bloods' have not lost seat since Maha formation". Archived from the original on 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ Hindustan Times (26 November 2024). "Maharashtra polls: Naik family has won Yavatmal's Pusad seat for 72 years". Archived from the original on 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ Yawali on wikimapia
- ^ Chapdoh Dam on wikimapia
- ^ Google map route to Yawali via Koregaon-Ramnagar
- ^ Manohar Naik's profile on Election Commission of India
- ^ 2004 Maharashtra election results
- ^ 2009 Maharashtra election results Archived 22 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ JSPM and BNCOE board or members
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