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Anil Deshmukh Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician based in Maharashtra and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He has represented the Vidhan Sabha constituency of Katol in the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He has also served as the Minister of Home Affairs in the Maharashtra government. Earlier, he also served as the Minister of Public Works Department, Minister of State for School Education, Information and Public Relations, Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Minister of State for Sports & Youth Affairs and Minister of State for Education and Culture in the Government of Maharashtra.
Anil Deshmukh | Fall from the top
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The extortion case has cast a dark shadow over the NCP leader’s future
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The extortion case has cast a dark shadow over the NCP leader’s future
When Anil Deshmukh met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar offering his resignation following the Bombay High Court order for a preliminary probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against him, it was accepted in an instant without hesitation. But more than his exit, many believe, his appointment as Maharashtra’s Home Minister in 2019 was a bigger surprise.
Since becoming an MLA for the first time in 1995 till his first loss in 2014, Mr. Deshmukh, hailing from one of the strongest political families of Vidarbha, had always been a Minister. His feud with his cousin Ranjeet Deshmukh made sure that he did not join the Congress.
The good times seem to have ended for the suave five-term MLA from Vidarbha, who has an unconventional approach to things. Popularly known as Anil Babu, Deshmukh is currently facing the biggest challenge of his political career, a crisis that began near Mukesh Ambani’s house and eventually reached the home minister’s doorstep.
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When Shiv Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut termed Anil Deshmukh as an “accidental Home Minister” recently, it made headlines everywhere. It also rankled Deshmukh’s party, the NCP.
There could be a grain of truth in Raut’s claim, for NCP supremo Sharad Pawar did have other choices: his nephew Ajit Pawar, state NCP president Jayant Patil, who had handled the portfolio in the aftermath of 26/11 attacks, and Dilip Walse-Patil, a former Speaker.
The reason Deshmukh, 70, landed the coveted and crucial job, some say, is due to the fact that he is a Pawar loyalist. And being loyal does pay in politics. He is also very close to Pawar’s trouble-shooter and party general secretary, Praful Patel.