Anil Anna Gote
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2014}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| constituency_AM1 = Dhule City
| assembly1 = Maharashtra Legislative
| term_start1 = 2009
| term_end1 = 2019
| predecessor1 = Rajwardhan Kadambande
| successor1 = Shah Faruk Anwar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|05|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dhule, Bombay State, India
| nationality = Indian
| party = Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
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| occupation = Politician
| residence = Bambo Galli, Lane no-4, Dhule
| spouse = Hema Gote
| children = Tejas Gote
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Anil (anna) Gote is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly, thrice elected from the Dhule City. He spent four years in jail charged with counterfeiting, but has never been convicted.
Political career
A former journalist, Gote entered the Legislative Assembly in 1999 as a Samajwadi Janata Party candidate, and was part of an attempt to divide the Congress party and weaken the government of the time.{{cite news|last1=Shaikh|first1=Zeeshan|title=Dhule: BJP banks on journalist who was accused in Telgi scam|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/dhule-bjp-banks-on-journalist-who-was-accused-in-telgi-scam/|work=The Indian Express|date=9 October 2014}} He was elected as a BJP Assembly member for Dhule in 2009, and was re-elected in October 2014 with a reduced majority.{{cite web|title=Dhule City (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/dhule-city.html|website=elections.in|accessdate=3 December 2015}}
On 30 March 2017, Gote demanded that the Maharashtra Legislative Council be scrapped on the basis that the council has no constitutional rights.{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/row-after-mla-seeks-to-disband-council/articleshow/57924604.cms|title = Row after MLA seeks to disband council | Mumbai News - Times of India| website=The Times of India }} The opposition parties demanded action be taken against Gote for his remarks.
After that, he chose to become a part of the Nationalist Congress Party. He later resigned from the NCP and contested the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Election as Loksangram Party candidate but lost the seat to Faruk Shah of MIM. Weeks before the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Gote joined the Shiv Sena (UBT), which nominated him as the INDIA alliance candidate from Dhule City seat.{{cite web | url=https://ummid.com/news/2024/october/26-10-2024/maha-polls-2024-dhule-done-suspense-prevails-over-india-pick-in-malegaon.html | title=Maha Polls 2024: Dhule done, suspense prevails over INDIA pick in Malegaon | work=ummid.com | date=October 2024 | accessdate=27 October 2024}}
Counterfeiting allegation
In connection with an alleged scheme also involving Abdul Karim Telgi for printing and sale of counterfeit stamps and stamp papers, Gote was arrested in July 2003 and placed in custody at the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.{{cite news|title=Gote wants Bhujbal charged|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-02-12/india/28348830_1_samajwadi-janata-party-mla-anil-gote-magisterial-custody|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701151139/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-02-12/india/28348830_1_samajwadi-janata-party-mla-anil-gote-magisterial-custody|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=12 February 2004}}{{cite news|title=MLA Gote's discharge plea rejected|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/MLA-Gotes-discharge-plea-rejected/articleshow/7428220.cms|work=Times of India|date=5 February 2011}} He was released on bail in June 2007 under a surety of Rs 10 lakh, while the other accused, Suryavanshi, was released on surety of Rs 50,000.{{cite news|title=Former MLA Anil Gote gets bail in Telgi Stamp Scam case|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2007/06/30/former-mla-anil-gote-gets-bail-in-telgi-stamp-scam-case-1183217974.html|date=30 June 2007|newspaper=Oneindia}} The Bombay High Court rejected his application for discharge in 2011, but by October 2014 he had not been convicted of the charges.
References
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Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
Category:People from Dhule district
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
Category:Samajwadi Janata Party politicians
Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra
Category:Shiv Sena (UBT) politicians
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