Vishwajeet Kadam (born 13 January 1980) is a politician from the

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n state of

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. He is the son of former congress leader

Patangrao Kadam Patangrao Kadam (8 January 1944 – 9 March 2018) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He came from a middle level farmer family in a small village, Sonsal in Sangli district. He previously held the forest ministry in the Maha ...

, and was born and brought up in

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. He is a MLA from

Palus-Kadegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Palus-Kadegaon Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. Overview Palus-Kadegaon constituency is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the ...

Early life and education

Kadam has a B.E., MBA, PhD in Management and has also completed Management and Leadership in Education from

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. Some know him as the Working President of

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or Maharashtra PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. The head office of the organization is situated in Dadar, Mumbai and administrative office in Colaba ...

. Others know him as a Member of the AICTE (

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) and many more know him as the Secretary of

Bharati Vidyapeeth Bharati Vidyapeeth is a 58 year old private deemed to be university established in Pune, India. It was established in 1964 by Indian politician and educationist Patangrao Kadam. Bharati Vidyapeeth has campuses across the country at New Delhi, ...

Political career

His secular ideology, passion for development, noteworthy social work and qualifications earned him a ticket as the Congress candidate for

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya ...

& he won election by huge margin of 1,50,866 votes from

Positions held

* Maharashtra Cabinet Minister of State (2019–2022)

External links

Vishwajeet Kadam
Website

References

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