Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra with a recognised state party status in Nagaland and Kerala. The party has its presence in legislative assemblies of M ...

. In 2019, he was elected MLA of the Parner Assembly constituency in

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. In the

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, he won from

Ahmednagar Ahmednagar, officially Ahilyanagar, is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost impre ...

constituency and was elected as a member of parliament for the first time.

Early life

His hometown is Hanga village, located in Parner. He earned a BA in Political Science from Yashvantrao Chavan Open University

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in May 2016. He is also called Nete.

Positions held

* 2019: Elected to

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituenci ...

. * 2024: Elected to the

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from

. * 2024: Member of parliamentary committee on energy

Controversies

Nilesh Lanke has been involved in several controversies during his career. On August 20, in a leaked audio it came forward that Nilesh Lanke harassed Jyoti Deware to such an extent that Jyoti Deware felt suicidal. Before that Nilesh Lanke came into news for hitting a health worker. Later the worker retracted his statement under pressure.

References

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https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/mumbai/politics/ncp-sp-lok-sabha-mp-nilesh-lanke-from-ahmednagar-takes- oath-in-english-bjp-ex-mp-sujay-vikhe-patil-challenged-in-lok-sabha-elections/articleshow/111259252.cms

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