Mukul Wasnik
Mukul Wasnik | |
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General Secretary of All India Congress Committee | |
Assumed office 12 September 2020 | |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
In office 31 May 2009 – 27 October 2012 | |
Preceded by | Meira Kumar |
Succeeded by | Selja Kumari |
Minister of State for Education | |
In office 1993–1996 | |
Minister | Arjun Singh |
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports | |
In office 1993–1996 | |
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 1993–1996 | |
Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2009–2014 | |
Preceded by | Prakash Jadhav |
Succeeded by | Krupal Tumane |
Constituency | Ramtek |
In office 1998–1999 | |
Preceded by | Anandrao Vithoba Adsul |
Succeeded by | Anandrao Vithoba Adsul |
Constituency | Buldhana |
In office 1991–1996 | |
Preceded by | Sukhdev Nanaji Kale |
Succeeded by | Anandrao Vithoba Adsul |
Constituency | Buldhana |
In office 1984–1989 | |
Preceded by | Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik |
Succeeded by | Sukhdev Nanaji Kale |
Constituency | Buldhana |
President of the Indian Youth Congress | |
In office 1988–1990 | |
President of the National Students Union of India | |
In office 1984–1986 | |
Treasurer of National Students Union of India | |
In office 1984–1985 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 September 1959 |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse(s) | Ravina Wasnik |
Parent(s) |
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Education | BSc, MBA |
Alma mater | University of Nagpur |
Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik (Marathi: मुकुल बाळकृष्ण वासनिक; born 27 September 1959) is an Indian Politician. He was the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in Government of India.[1] He represented the Ramtek constituency of Maharashtra from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is also a General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.
Personal life[]
He is born in an Buddhist family to Veteran Congress leader and three time MP, Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik.[2][3]
Political career[]
Earlier he has represented Buldhana of Maharashtra during 8th Lok Sabha 1984–1989, 10th Lok Sabha during 1991–1996, and 12th Lok Sabha during 1998–1999. In 1984 Wasnik became the youngest Member of Parliament at age of 25. He has tended to win and lose alternately. From Buldhana - winning in 1984 and losing the next in 1989, winning in 1991 and losing the next in 1996, winning in 1998 and losing in 1999.[4] Then winning from Ramtek in 2009 and losing the next one from there in 2014.
Wasnik was elected as the National President of National Students Union of India during 1984–1986.
Later Wasnik was elected as President of Indian Youth Congress during 1988–1990.
In March 2020, Mukul Wasnik married his friend Raveena Khurana at the age of 60. [5]
References[]
- ^ "Council of Ministers - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". india.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/EDT-sandesh-pawar-article-about-election-4562292-NOR.html
- ^ Maddela, Jagruthi (9 August 2019). "Dalit leader to become Congress president?". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
- ^ "Congress General Secretary Mukul Wasnik Marries at 60".
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