Anil Kalajerao Babar (7 January 1950 – 31 January 2024) was an Indian politician who served as

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of the

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from Khanapur Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

Biography

Anil Babar (popularly known as ''Anilrao Babar'') was born in a farmer family, at a village Gardi, Taluka Khanapur. Entering politics at early age, he was elected as a

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of village Gardi,

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Khanapur, at the age of 19. He has been an MLA four times in 1990, 1999, 2014, 2019. He worked for

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for 15 years with Sharad Pawar. Then in 2014, Anil Babar decided to join Shiv Sena. Anil Babar's name was discussed for the ministerial position during the 2019 Mahavikas Aghadi government but at that time, he was rejected by the ministry. He was known as a close and trusted associate of

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Eknath Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, knaːt̪ʰ ʃin̪d̪e born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician and president of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, Shivsena serving as the 20th and Current List of chief ministers of Maha ...

after he supported Shinde during the

2022 Maharashtra political crisis The 2022 Maharashtra political crisis began on 21 June 2022 in the Indian state of Maharashtra when Eknath Shinde, along with several other MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition moved to Surat in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP}-governed ...

Death

Babar died at Sangli while battling with

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, on 31 January 2024, at the age of 74.Shiv Sena MLA Anil Babar passes away, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde offers condolences
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Political career

References

External links

Shivsena Home Page
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