Ganesh Naik (born 15 September 1950) is an Indian politician. He is the

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member of the

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Legislative Assembly who represented Belapur in the past, and was the

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas ...

Guardian Minister in the state government. He was the minister of Labour, excise and environment in the previous government.

Political career

Ganesh Naik began his career as an MLA in 1990 with Shiv sena but later switched to the Nationalist Congress party in 1999. He belongs to the locally powerful agri community.

Vidhan Sabha election 2014

In the Maharashtra state assembly polls, results for which were announced on 19 October 2014, Naik lost to the BJP candidate by around 1,500 votes. Manda Vijay Mhatre, the winning candidate had left NCP just before the elections, opposing the family rule of the Naik clan in Navi Mumbai. Naik's son,

Sandeep Naik Sandeep Naik (born 4 August 1978) is a former member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA). He is the son of former NCP leader, now BJP politician and former State Excise Minister and Non-Conventional Energy Minister Ganesh Naik Ganesh ...

, however, was re-elected to the Airoli seat by margin of over 7,000 votes. Earlier in May parliamentary elections, his other son, Dr Sanjeev Naik, had lost his seat to the Shiv Sena by a huge margin.

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