Kisan Shankar Kathore (born 19 September 1955) is politician from

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, Thane, in Maharashtra state of India. He was Sarpanch of Sagaon Group Gram Panchayat (Tal-Ambernath) between 1978 and 1992. He also worked as President of Thane Zilla Parishad from 2002 to 2004. He moved from

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to Bharatiya Janata Party in October 2014."BJP MLA Kisan Kathore forged documents of senior bureaucrat R A Rajeev, claims Shiv Sena", ''The Free Press Journal'', 17 July 2018
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as NCP candidate. He defeated

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strong leader & former Labour Minister

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. After Delimitation of Assembly Constituency of 2008 his

constituency became reserved for SC. Therefore he contested

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seat and defeated NCP rebel & four term MLA Gotiram Pawar. In 2014 assembly election he switched to BJP & won again for third term from

Positions held

*Sarpanch, Sagaon Group Gram Panchayat (1978–1992) *President, Sarpanch Union (1982–1985) *Chairman, Ulhasnagar Taluka Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana 1982 *President, Sarpanch Union Ulhasnagar Taluka *Chairman, Ulhasnagar Panchayat Samiti 1992-97 *Member, District Planning and Development Corporation (1995–1997) *Treasurer, Kunbi Samaj Sanghatana, Dist.- Thane (1998–2003) *Chairman, Thane Z.P. Construction Committee *Member, Thane Dist. Dakshata Committee *Member, Legal Help & Advice Committee, Thane District *President, D.E.D.A. Thane District *President, Thane Z.P. 2002 *M.L.A. (156 Ambernath Assembly Area 2004–2009) *President, Panchyat Raj Committee 2005-07 *President, Assurance Committee 2007-09 *M.L.A. (139 Murbad Assembly Area 2009–2014) for 2nd term *Vice President, Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (2009–2014) *M.L.A. (139 Murbad Assembly Area 2014-2019) for 3rd term *M.L.A. (139 Murbad Assembly Area 2019-) for 4th term §

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:kathodi, Kisan People from Thane district 1955 births Marathi politicians Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Politicians from Thane Nationalist Congress Party politicians