Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Maharashtra
Ganeshrao Dudhgaonkar | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009-2014[1] | |
| Preceded by | Tukaram Renge Patil |
| Succeeded by | Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav |
| Constituency | Parbhani |
| Minister of State in Government of Maharashtra for Technical Education, EGS and Employment | |
| In office 1983 | |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1980-1985 | |
| Succeeded by | Jadhav Munjaji Narayanrao (INC) |
| Constituency | Basmath |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1985-1990 | |
| Preceded by | Bhamble Manikrao Keshavrao (Indian National Congress (I)) |
| Succeeded by | Ramprasad Wamanrao Bordikar (INC) |
| Constituency | Jintur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ganeshrao Nagorao Raut 9 September 1945 Dudhgaon, Jintur, Parbhani District, Hyderabad State, (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | Shiv Sena, Indian National Congress (I), INC, NCP |
| Spouse |
Dr Sandhya
(m. 1970) |
| Children | One son and One daughter |
| Parent(s) | Nagorao and Laxshmibai Dudhgaonkar |
| Education | BA, LLB (1975)[2] |
| Profession | Advocate, Farmer, Educationist[3] |
Ganeshrao Nagorao Dudhgaonkar is an Indian politician from Parbhani, Maharashtra. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India representing Parbhani constituency.[4] He was a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1980 and 1985, representing Basmath and Jintur, respectively. He was a member of the Indian National Congress, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party. Ahead of the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election he joined Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi. Ganesh Dudhgaonkar beat a Congress candidate with 3 lakh 82 thousand 357 votes in 2009. [5]
Dudhgaonkar married Dr Sandhya on 2 June 1970.[6] The couple has one son and one daughter. His son Sameer joined BJP in 2018.[7] Ganesh Dudhgaonkar completed his BA and .LLB. Sandhya completed her education in Msc and Phd and is an associate professor.[8][9]
Ganesh Dudhgaonkar played a role in the development of Marathwada. He advocated for the construction of a canal for Jayakwadi which stalled for 16 years. As a result, about 20 thousand hectares of land in Gangakhed, Palam and Loha talukas were deprived of irrigation. Due to the accumulation of silt in the dams in Marathwada, it was necessary to increase the height of the dams. He suggested that setting a deadline would speed the progress and launch a green revolution in Osmanabad, Beed and Latur districts.
Recognizing the need for industrialization, Dudhgaonkar emphasized railway development. He suggested that development would be boosted if the Parli-Beed-Nagar route was expanded by doubling the railway tracks. He insisted that the curriculum of secondary-primary education should be on CBSE lines.
He proposed the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) concept for creating the Akola-Nanded and Nagar-Beed-Nanded national roads. He campaigned for the development of AIIMS specialty hospitals in the Marathwada area, highlighting the importance of locating in Parbhani, which he considered to be the state's epicenter. He advised the committee to make efforts for the Hajira to Nanded Gas Pipeline which benefit the Marathwada region.[10]
