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Anandrao Vithoba Adsul
Anandrao Vithoba Adsul in 2016
Member of Parliament
In office
2009–2019
Preceded byAnant Gudhe
Succeeded byNavnit Ravi Rana
ConstituencyAmravati
Member of Parliament
In office
1996–2009
Preceded byMukul Wasnik
Succeeded byPrataprao Jadhav
ConstituencyBuldhana
Leader of Shiv Sena Party
In office
January 2018 – May 2019
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs
In office
August 2002 – May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byAnant Geete
Succeeded byS. S. Palanimanickam
Personal details
Born (1947-06-01) 1 June 1947 (age 77)
At.Shirambe, Tq. Koregaon taluka Dist.Satara District
Political party Shiv Sena
SpouseMangala
Children1 son and 2 daughters
ResidenceMumbai
As of 16 September, 2006
Source:
https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/8?from=members

Anandrao Vithoba Adsul (born 1 June 1947) was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Amravati constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party.[1] He had represented the Amravati constituency in 15th Lok Sabha and Buldhana constituency of Maharashtra in the 14th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 11th Lok Sabha.[1]

He has been honored with Sansad Ratna Award in 2011, 2012 and 2013. In July 2022, he resigned from Shiv Sena as a leader of the party.[2]

Career

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He served as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha from Amravati till 2019. He served as the Union Minister of State for Finance in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet till 2004. He was the chairperson of two corporations from 1995 to 1999 in the Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra.[2]

Adsul contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election as a Shiv Sena candidate, and he lost the election by 30,000 votes to Navneet Kaur Rana, a former Telugu actress who contested the election as an independent candidate.[2]

In October 2021, his name surfaced in the news in connection with an alleged ₹980-crore fraud at City Co-operative Bank, which is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).[3]

Positions held

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  • 1996: Elected to 11th Lok Sabha (1st term)
  • 1999: Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
  • Oct. 1999-Jul. 2002: Chief Whip, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.
  • 1999–2002: Member, Committee on Human Resource Development.
  • 2000–2002: Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism.
  • 2000-Mar. 2002: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways.
  • Jul. 2002-Aug. 2002: Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party
  • 26 Aug. 2002 - May 2004: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs.
  • 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • 6 Aug. 2009 - Member, Committee on Public Accounts
  • 31 Aug. 2009 - Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • 23 Sep. 2009 - Member, Committee on Government Assurances
  • 5 May 2010 - Member, Committee on Public Accounts.[4]
  • 2014: Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)
  • 1 Sep. 2014: Chairperson, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers.
  • 2018: Appointed Leader of Shiv Sena Party.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Adsul,Shri Anandrao". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Naik, Yogesh (7 July 2022). "Former MP Adsul resigns as Shiv Sena leader". Indian Express.
  3. ^ "City Co-operative Bank 'fraud': ED searches office of Shiv Sena's Anandrao Adsul". Indian Express]. 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Detailed Profile: Shri Anandrao Adsul". Government of India. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. ^ "एकनाथ शिंदे, आनंदराव अडसूळ, अनंत गीते, चंद्रकांत खैरे, आदित्य ठाकरे यांची सेनेच्या नेतेपदी वर्णी". www.loksatta.com (in Hindi).
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