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Ranjeet Deshmukh
Ranjeet Deshmukh
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1985–1995
Preceded by	Naik Ramji Chiman
Succeeded by	Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar
Constituency	Savner
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
	In office; (1995-1998), (1998 – 2004)
Leader of The House ; Maharashtra Legislative Council
	In office; 18 Jan 2003 – 23 Dec 2003
Chief Minister	Sushilkumar Shinde
Chairman of the House	N. S. Pharande;
President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
	In office; (1997-1998), (2003 – 2004)
Succeeded by	Prabha Rau
Cabinet Minister in Fourth Pawar ministry; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 6 March 1993 – 14 March 1995
Minister	Rural Development; Emloyment Guarantee; Ex. Servicemen welfare;
Cabinet Minister in First Deshmukh ministry; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 18 Oct 1999 – 16 Jan 2003
Minister	Agriculture; Textiles; Khar land development;
Cabinet Minister in Shinde ministry; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 27 Jan 2003 – 19 Oct 2004
Minister	Rural Development; Textiles; Marketing; Woman and Child development;
Personal details
Born	29 May 1946 (age 78); Wadvihira, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Smt.Roopa Deshmukh
Children	Ashish Deshmukh & Dr.Amol Deshmukh
Alma mater	Graduate Professional B.E. (MECHANICAL) MYSORE UNIVERSITY, MANIPAL YEAR- 1970
Website	nkpsims.edu.in afalindia.com

Ranjeet Arvindbabu Deshmukh was an Indian politician and Senior Congress leader. He held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC).^[1] He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.^[2]

Political career

Ranjeet Deshmukh, joined politics in the 1970. He was a youth leader and the head of the youth congress of the Indian National Congress who worked very closely with Sanjay Gandhi. He was first elected as an MLA from Ramtek constituency Maharashtra. In the 1990s he was involved in the movement for a separate statehood for Vidarbha.^[3]^[4]^[5] Ranjeet Deshmukh considered 'chief minister material' for Maharashtra. He was in the reckoning but party colleague Vilasrao Deshmukh got the post Later, he fell out with the Congress leadership over granting of statehood to Vidarbha.^[6] Ranjeet Deshmukh held several Cabinet portfolios right from rural development in which he made significant contribution pioneering village cleanliness drives, to education, technical education, health, agriculture and textiles. He was in the Congress-led governments in the state for almost two decades. He had love-hate relationship with former CM late Vilasrao Deshmukh. In 2004 he unsuccessfully contested from Nagpur West Assembly seat and was defeated by former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP. He was a two-term president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and ex-minister. Ranjit Deshmukh was seeking a desperate comeback into the Congress mainstream. His 65th birthday celebrations provided an occasion. His old associates organized a function which looked more like a Congress event. The organizing committee of over 150 Congressmen was headed by district guardian minister Shivajirao Moghe and had two ministers from the city Nitin Raut and Rajendra Mulak.^[7]^[8] In 2014 he quit the Indian National Congress because of poor functioning" of the organisation.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Personal life

Ranjeet Deshmukh is married to Mrs.Roopa Deshmukh and has 2 children: Ashish Deshmukh and Dr. Amol Deshmukh. His elder son Ashish Deshmukh was elected as an MLA in the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Election. He represents the Katol Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party 2014.^[12]^[13] His younger son Dr. Amol Deshmukh fought the 2014 Assembly Election on a Nationalist Congress Party ticket.^[14] In 2002 along with Chikki Panday he founded the 'Akshara Foundation of Arts & Learning' which works towards providing education to under privileged children.^[15] In the year 1990 Ranjeet Deshmukh also founded the NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, now a leading name in private medical education.^[16]