Anantrao Vitthalrao Deshmukh Hailing from

Risod Risod is a city and a municipal council in Washim district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Risod is also a major market place for the people from Hingoli district as well as Risod tahsil. Penganga is major River flowing from Risod talu ...

is an Indian politician from

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, former

Minister Of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In ...

as Finance, Planning, Employment guarantee scheme, Information and Public relations, Government Of Maharashtra and former member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He was elected as a member of the

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from Karanja in 1985. He was also elected as

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

from Washim constituency in 1989 and also in 1991.

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