Dhananjay Mahadik

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Dhananjay Mahadik
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2022
Preceded byVinay Sahasrabuddhe
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded bySadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik
Succeeded bySanjay Mandlik
ConstituencyKolhapur
Personal details
Born (1972-01-15) 15 January 1972 (age 52)
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party (2019-Present)
Other political
affiliations		Nationalist Congress Party (Before 2019)
Spouse
Arundhati Mahadik
​
(m. 1994)​
Children3 sons
Parent
  • Bhimrao Mahadik (father)
EducationBachelor of Commerce
Alma materShivaji University
Source: [1]

Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is an Indian politician from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra state.[1] He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha (2014–2019) from Kolhapur as an NCP candidate. Dhananjay Mahadik is a Nephew of Mahadevrao Mahadik alias Appa Mahadik.

Political career

In 2004, Mahadik contested Lok Sabha election as a candidate of Shiv Sena from Kolhapur against NCP's Sadashivrao Mandlik but lost. He parted ways with Shiv Sena and joined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). But NCP did not consider him as the party's candidate for the 2009 Indian general election. He unsuccessfully contested the election as an Independent candidate.

He entered Lok Sabha as member of NCP in 2014.[2] On 10 January 2017, Mahadik, along with NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif, former NCP MP Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, Kolhapur mayor Hasina Faras, and 400 others were arrested for blocking traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway as part of a protest against the effects of demonetization.

He received Sansad Ratna Award for his outstanding performance in 2017 and 2018.[3][4]

After representing Kolhapur in Lok Sabha (2014–2019), he unsuccessfully contested from the same seat in 2019 elections. He lost 2019 LokSabha election against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Mandalik.

In September 2019, he along with his NCP colleagues joined BJP.[5] In 2022, he became a Rajya Sabha Member from Maharashtra state.

References

  1. ^ "Dhananjay Mahadik(Independent(IND)):Constituency- Kolhapur South(KOLHAPUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  2. ^ Lok Sabha (2019). "Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik". Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Nine best performing Parliamentarians to get 'Sansad Ratna' award". Deccan Herald. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ Sansad Ratna Award 2018
  5. ^ "Ready to accept responsibility, says Maharashtra BJP vice president Dhananjay Mahadik". The Times of India. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.