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.

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

Naik was born in 1943 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

Naik 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

  1. ^ a b "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Yawali on wikimapia
  5. ^ Chapdoh Dam on wikimapia
  6. ^ Google map route to Yawali via Koregaon-Ramnagar
  7. ^ Manohar Naik's profile on Election Commission of India
  8. ^ 2004 Maharashtra election results
  9. ^ 2009 Maharashtra election results Archived 22 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ JSPM and BNCOE board or members
Preceded by
 Minister of Food and Drug Administration
7 November 2009 – 30 October 2015 		Succeeded by


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manohar_Naik
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