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Arjun Khotkar
Indian politician (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arjun Panditrao Khotkar (born 1 January 1962) is an Indian politician from Ekanath Shinde's Shiv Sena. He was a MLA elected from Jalna in Marathwada as a member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected four times to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 1990, 1995, 2004 and 2014.[3][4][5][6] On 25 November 2017, his 2014 election from Jalna constituency was declared void by Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court for filing his nomination papers after deadline has ended.[7]
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Controversies
Case
Justice T V Nalawade of the Aurangabad bench passed the order on an election petition by Kailash Gorantyal of the Congress party who had contested against Khotkar.[8]
Accusations
The AAP leader Preeti Sharma Menon claimed that Arjun Khotkar, the Sena MLA from Jalna and Chairman of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Jalna had fraudulently taken over more than 200 shops in Jalna and had distributed amongst his family and friends.[9]
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Positions held
- 1990: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)
- 1995: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
- 1999: Minister of State in Maharashtra Government[10]
- 2004: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
- 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term)
- 2015: Estimate Samiti Pramukh Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal[11]
- 2016: Minister of State for Textile, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries in Maharashtra State Government[12][13][14]
- 2017: Appointed Guardian minister of Nanded District [15]
- 2018: Appointed Guardian minister of Osmanabad District [16]
- 2024: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (5th term)
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