Dhananjay Mahadik
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{for|the Indian field hockey player|Dhananjay Mahadik (field hockey)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| office1 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
| term_start1 = 1 July 2022
| predecessor1 = Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
| constituency1 = Maharashtra
| office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start2 = 2014
| term_end2 = 2019
| predecessor2 = Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik
| successor2 = Sanjay Mandlik
| constituency2 = Kolhapur
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|1|15}}
| birth_place = Kolhapur, Maharashtra
| party = {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}} Bharatiya Janata Party {{small|(2019-Present)}}
| otherparty = Nationalist Congress Party {{small|(Before 2019)}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Arundhati Mahadik|1994}}
| children = 3 sons
| father = Bhimrao (Dada) Mahadik
| education = Bachelor of Commerce
| alma_mater = Shivaji University
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4767&lastls=16
}}
Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is an Indian politician from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra state.{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/mh2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=3511|title=Dhananjay Mahadik(Independent(IND)):Constituency- Kolhapur South(KOLHAPUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate}} He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha (2014–2019) from Kolhapur as an NCP candidate. Dhananjay Mahadik is a Nephew of Mahadevrao Mahadik alias Appa Mahadik.
Political career
In 2004, Mahadik contested Lok Sabha election as a candidate of Shiv Sena from Kolhapur against NCP's Sadashivrao Mandlik but lost. He parted ways with Shiv Sena and joined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). But NCP did not consider him as the party's candidate for the 2009 Indian general election. He unsuccessfully contested the election as an Independent candidate.
He entered Lok Sabha as member of NCP in 2014.{{cite news |last1= Lok Sabha |title= Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4767&lastls=16 |accessdate=12 June 2022 |date=2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612052112/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4767&lastls=16 |archivedate=12 June 2022}} On 10 January 2017, Mahadik, along with NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif, former NCP MP Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, Kolhapur mayor Hasina Faras, and 400 others were arrested for blocking traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway as part of a protest against the effects of demonetization.
He received Sansad Ratna Award for his outstanding performance in 2017 and 2018.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-26 |title=Nine best performing Parliamentarians to get 'Sansad Ratna' award |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/613682/nine-performing-parliamentarians-get-sansad.html |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}[http://theindianawaaz.com/5-mps-from-maharashtra-get-sansad-ratna-awards/ Sansad Ratna Award 2018]
After representing Kolhapur in Lok Sabha (2014–2019), he unsuccessfully contested from the same seat in 2019 elections. He lost 2019 LokSabha election against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Mandalik.
In September 2019, he along with his NCP colleagues joined BJP.{{Cite web|date=16 September 2019|title=Ready to accept responsibility, says Maharashtra BJP vice president Dhananjay Mahadik|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/ready-to-accept-responsibility-says-mahadik/articleshow/71141660.cms|access-date=2021-05-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}} In 2022, he became a Rajya Sabha Member from Maharashtra state.
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Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra
Category:Politicians from Kolhapur
Category:Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra
Category:Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra