Dr. Milind Mane (born 3 December 1970) was a member of the 13th

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. He represented the Nagpur North Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the

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(BJP) Mane has been a corporator in the

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, in 2012, as sitting corporator, he unsuccessfully contested the municipal corporation elections representing the RPI Aghadi. Mane is a medical doctor.

Early life

Mane was born in Paras village of

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. His father was a gateman with the

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, who was an alcoholic, the family sunk in poverty. His mother therefore had to supplement the family income by working as a labourer. Poverty forced Mane as a child and youth to do various types of farm jobs, hawking and menial work, and at one time he was forced to beg for a living for several days. He studied dentistry for six months, however he shifted to studying medicine on obtaining admission tondira Gandhi Government Medical college, from where he secured his

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degree. He subsequently secured his MD degree.

Political career

Positions held

Within
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* MLA in 2014 by defeating Cabinet Minister Nitin Raut

Legislative

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MLA in 2014

Mane is a vocal supporter of

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in the region. He is known to have spoken in various LGBTQ events aout he importance of sex education in school and discrimination against the LGBTQ community. During his tenure as North Nagpur MLA, he flagged off the first Orange City LGBTQ Pride March in

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in 2016.

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