Diwakar Raote Explained
Diwakar Raote is a leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra.On 5 December 2014 Raote took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Transport in Maharashtra Government.[3] He is also the guardian minister of Parbhani and Nanded Districts.[4] Earlier he was entrusted with the responsibility of establishing the organization in Marathwada after the party's decision in 1985 to expand to whole Maharashtra. He became Mayor of Mumbai in 1991. In Narayan Rane ministry, he was a cabinet minister of Revenue, Government of Maharashtra.
He belongs to the Panchkalshi, a scribal caste community of Hindu society in Maharashtra mostly found in Mumbai and the North Konkan region.
Positions held
- 1991-1992: Mayor of Mumbai[5]
- Leader, Shiv Sena[6]
- 1995-1999: Cabinet Minister Maharashtra.
- 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council
- 2008: Shiv Sena Party group Leader in the Maharashtra Legislative Council[7]
- 2010: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council[8]
- 2014: Cabinet Minister of Transport in Maharashtra State Government
- 2014-2016: Guardian minister of Parbhani and Nanded[4]
- 2016: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council[9]
- 2017: Guardian minister of Osmanabad[10]
See also
External links
- Shivsena Home Page
- http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-team-portfolios-allocated-bjp-retains-key-departments-2041510
Notes and References
- Web site: Finally Sena joins Maharashtra govt, 10 ministers sworn-in.
- News: Deal sealed: Sena joins BJP govt in Maharashtra . 5 December 2014 . Hindustan Times . Dharmendra . Jore . Sayli Udas . Mankikar . 22 July 2018 .
- Web site: Fadnavis ministry expansion sees mix of old and new faces.
- News: Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra. Business Standard India. 26 December 2014. Business Standard. Press Trust of India.
- Web site: Welcome to Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, India. www.mcgm.gov.in.
- Web site: संपर्क प्रशासकीय यंत्रणा – शिवसेना नेते, उपनेते, सचिव, प्रवक्ते | शिवसेना . 23 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150912020036/http://shivsena.org/m/admin-wing/#toggle-id-1 . 12 September 2015 . dead .
- Web site: Diwakar Raote is Sena's group leader in upper house. 25 April 2008.
- Web site: Congress-NCP wins 7 Maharashtra council seats.
- News: Maharashtra Council polls: 10 candidates elected unopposed.
- Web site: Public Representative . osmanabad.nic.in . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121203060222/http://osmanabad.nic.in/newsite/PublicRepresentative/main.htm . 2012-12-03.