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Dhananjay Panditrao Munde (born 15 July 1975) is an Indian politician, who is currently a member of the
Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...
(NCP), and was appointed cabinet minister in
Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022. He was also the president of Shiv Sena prior to ...
's Maharashtra State Government.


Early life and education

Munde was born on 15 July 1975 in Nathra, Parli Vaijnath, Beed in a Vanjari family. Munde's family consists of his mother, Rukmini Munde, wife Rajshri Munde and daughter Adishri Munde.


Political career

Munde won the 2019 assembly elections from Parli constituency. He is the Guardian Minister of Beed District and the Minister of Social Justice and Special Assistance of the State of Maharashtra. On 24 December 2019, as the Minister for Social Justice and Special Assistance. Earlier, he had held the role of opposition leader in the Legislative Council of Maharashtra.


Personal life

Dhananjay Munde is married to Rajshri Munde.


Controversy

In January 2021, a rape complaint was filed against Munde by singer Renu Sharma which was subsequently withdrawn. Munde refuted the rape allegations and dismissed opposition demands to resign. In a press release, Munde claimed that he is in a relationship with Renu Sharma's sister, Karuna Sharma and even had two children out of that relationship which was known to his wife and family.


See also

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Sundarrao Solanke Sundarrao Abasaheb Solanke (1927-2014) was an Indian politician who served as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. Developmental work The construction of Beed-Parali road, Parali Thermal Power plant, Majalgaon dam, Majalgaon hydroel ...
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Gopinath Munde Gopinath Pandurang Munde (12 December 1949 – 3 June 2014) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A popular Leader in Maharashtra called a Lokneta. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Union Minister for Rural a ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munde, Dhananjay Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Living people 1975 births People from Beed district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra Leaders of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Maharashtra politicians Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University alumni