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Sanjay Bhau Rathod
Sanjay Bhau Rathod
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 December 2024
Minister	Soil and Water Conservation
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Shinde; Ajit Pawar;
Guardian Minister	Yavatmal
Ministry and Departments	Soil and Water Conservation
Preceded by	Himself
Cabinet Minister in Eknath Shinde ministry; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 14 July 2023 – 26 November 2024
Minister	Soil and Water Conservation
Preceded by	Eknath Shinde
Succeeded by	Himself
Cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde ministry; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 14 August 2022 – 14 July 2023
Minister	Food and Drug Administration;
Preceded by	Rajendra Shingne
Succeeded by	Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 30 December 2019 – 28 February 2021
Minister	Forests Department; Disaster Management; Relief & Rehabilitation;
Preceded by	Sudhir Mungantiwar; Chandrashekhar Bawankule;
Succeeded by	Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray;
Minister of State ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 5 December 2014 – 30 October 2019
Minister	Revenue Ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Prakashdada Solanke
Succeeded by	Abdul Sattar
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2009
Preceded by	Sanjay Deshmukh
Constituency	Digras
	In office; 2004–2009
Preceded by	Manikrao Thakre
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Darwha
Personal details
Born	30 June 1971 (age 53); At.Pahur Izara, Tq.Kalamb, Yavatmal District
Political party	Shiv Sena; (1998-Incumdent)
Other political; affiliations	Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022-2023)
Spouse	Shital Rathod
Children	Damini Rathod, Soham Rathod
Residence	Yavatmal
Education	Arts and Commerce College Yavatmal (B.Com, 1993); Subhedar Ramji Ambedkar Physical Education College, Hinganghat (B.P.Ed., 1995)
Occupation	Farming & Politician

Sanjay Dulichand Rathod is a Shiv Sena politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Digras-Darwha Assembly Constituency in Yavatmal district. He is a Shiv Sena leader in Vidarbha and served as a cabinet minister in the UBT government but later joined the Eknath Shinde camp in 2022.^[2]

Career

Rathod won from Digras Assembly Constituency representing Shiv Sena in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled143,115 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Thakare Manikrao Govindrao of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 28,775 votes.^[3]

He became an MLA for the first time on Shiv Sena ticket winning the 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from Darwha Assembly constituency, which ceased to exist from 2008. Later, he was elected from Digras constituency consecutively for four terms in 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.

In the 2019 Assembly election, he polled 136,824 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Sanjay Deshmukh, an independent candidate, by a huge margin of 63,607 votes. In 2014, he defeated Vasant Ghuikhedkar of the NCP, by a margin of 79,864 votes. He served as a minister of state in the Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra). In 2019 he was minister of Forest Department of Maharashtra, Disaster Management & Relief & Rehabilitation.^[4]^[5] He also served as guardian minister of Yavatmal district twice in 2014 and 2020, and in Washim district in 2015.^[6]^[7]^[8]

He resigned from the cabinet in 2021.^[9] In 2022, he was appointed as a cabinet minister in the Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (Maharashtra) and in 2023, he served as cabinet minister in the Ministry of Soil and Water Conservation.

References

^ "राठोड संजय दुलीचंद". Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ "Fadnavis ministry expansion sees mix of old and new faces". redif.com. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
^ "Digras Constituency results 2014". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced".
^ "महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर".
^ "Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 26 December 2014.
^ "digras Vidhan Sabha constituency result 20019".
^ "2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts".
^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (28 February 2021). "Shiv Sena Minister Sanjay Rathod resigns". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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Political offices
Preceded by	Minister of State for Revenue, Maharashtra State 2014–present	Incumbent
Preceded by	Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Yavatmal district 2014–present	Incumbent