Manohar Rajusingh Naik is an Indian politician 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 in ...

in the state of

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. The Naik family has not lost the Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Seat since 1952. The Naik family has tremendous influence over Banjara community, a scheduled tribe, which is in significant number in Yavatmal and a deciding factor in Pusad constituency.

Personal life

Naik was born in 1943 born at the remote ''Yawali'' villageYawali on wikimapia
/ref> near Chapdoh dam,Chapdoh Dam on wikimapia
/ref> 3 km from Karegaon on Karegaon-Ramnagar-Yawali link road off Yavatmal-

Ghatanji Ghatanji is a very old city and municipal council in Yavatmal district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is also known as 'Cotton City', because in this area farmer produces a fine quality of cotton. It is also a place of pilgrimage of 'Bra ...

State highway MH SH 237,Google map route to Yawali via Koregaon-Ramnagar
/ref> in the Yavatmal district in the southern

Vidarbha Vidarbha (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Maharashtra, proposed state of central India, comprising th ...

region of

. He is nephew of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vasantrao Naik and brother of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Sudhakarrao Naik Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik (21 August 1934 – 10 May 2001) was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 following the communal riots. He had ...

Career

Naik has been elected as

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from the Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 memb ...

in Yavatmal district from 1995 to 1999, 2004–2009, 2009–2014, and 2014–2019. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Minister of Food and Drug Administration in the

Government of Maharashtra The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term. Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legisla ...

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. He is a Managing Committee member of the ''Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal'' and the

Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering (BNCoE), Pusad, founded in 1983, is a not-for-profit engineering college run by the Janta Shikshan Prasharak Mandal, located at Pusad, Yeotmal District in Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra, India ...

.JSPM and BNCOE board or members
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References

Marathi politicians 1943 births Living people People from Yavatmal district Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 {{Maharashtra-NCP-politician-stub