Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke

Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).^[1] In 2019, he was elected MLA of the Parner Assembly constituency^[2] in Maharashtra. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, he won from Ahmednagar constituency and was elected as a member of parliament for the first time.

Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 04 June 2024
Constituency	Ahilyanagar
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2019–2024
Preceded by	Vijayrao Auti
Succeeded by	Kashinath Date
Constituency	Parner
Personal details
Born	(1980-03-10) 10 March 1980 (age 45) Hanga, Parner
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar
Spouse	Ranitai Nilesh Lanke
Website	https://mlanileshlanke.in

Early life

His hometown is Hanga village, located in Parner. He earned a BA in Political Science from Yashvantrao Chavan Open University Nashik in May 2016. He is also called Nete.^{[citation needed]}

Positions held

• 2019: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.^[3][4]
• 2024: Elected to the Lok Sabha from Ahmednagar.^[5][6]
• 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^[who?] to such an extent that Jyoti Deware felt suicidal.^[7] Before that Nilesh Lanke came into news for hitting a health worker. Later the worker retracted his statement under pressure.^[8]