Narayan Rane
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Narayan Rane (cropped).jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|04|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bombay, Bombay State, India
| residence = Malvan, Maharashtra, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
| primeminister = Narendra Modi
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| term_end = 11 June 2024
| predecessor = Nitin Gadkari
| successor = Jitan Ram Manjhi
| office2 = Minister of Industry, Port & Employment, Maharashtra
| term_start2 = 20 November 2010
| term_end2 = October 2014
| predecessor2 = Rajendra Darda
| successor2 = Subhash Desai
| office3 = Minister of Revenue, Maharashtra
| term_start3 = 15 June 1996
| term_end3 = 1 February 1999
| predecessor3 = Sudhir Joshi
| successor3 = Eknath Khadse
| office1 = 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
| term_start1 = 1 February 1999
| term_end1 = 17 October 1999
| predecessor1 = Manohar Joshi
| successor1 = Vilasrao Deshmukh
| term_start4 = 16 August 2005
| term_end4 = 6 December 2008
| predecessor4 = Vilasrao Deshmukh
| successor4 = Patangrao Kadam
| office6 = Minister for Industry, Maharashtra
| term_start6 = 10 February 2009
| term_end6 = 9 November 2009
| predecessor6 = Ashok Chavan
| successor6 = Rajendra Darda
| term_start5 = 9 November 2009
| term_end5 = 19 November 2010
| predecessor5 = Patangrao Kadam
| successor5 = Balasaheb Thorat
| office7 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
| term_start7 = 8 July 2016
| term_end7 = 22 September 2017
| successor7 =
| constituency7 = Elected by MLAs{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-council-polls-narayan-rane-among-10-candidates-elected-unopposed-2219613|title=Maharashtra Council polls: Narayan Rane among 10 candidates elected unopposed|date=3 June 2016|website=DNA India}}
| office8 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
| successor8 = Ashok Chavan
| office9 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start9 = 4 June 2024
| term_end9 =
| predecessor9 = Vinayak Raut
| successor9 =
| constituency9 = Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
| constituency8 = Maharashtra
| term_start8 = 8 April 2018
| office10 = 16th Leader of Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| term_start10 = 1999
| term_end10 = 2005
| predecessor10 = Madhukarrao pichad
| successor10 = Ramdas Kadam
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party {{small|(2019–present)}}
| otherparty = Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha {{small|(2017–2019)}}
Indian National Congress {{small|(2005–2017)}}
Shiv Sena {{small|(1968–2005)}}
| spouse = Neelam N. Rane
| children = Nilesh Rane
Nitesh Rane
| website =
| footnotes =
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = India
| occupation = Politician
}}
Narayan Tatu Rane (born 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He formerly served as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Second Modi ministry. He has previously held Cabinet Ministry positions for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment; Revenue; and Industry in the Government of Maharashtra.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-05|title=महाराष्ट्र : नारायण राणे की आत्मकथा आने की खबर से|url=http://arlivenews.com/2019/05/05/maharashtra-ex-cm-narayan-rane-biography-coming-soon-will-expose-many-secrets/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=AR Live News|language=en-US}}
He was a member of Shiv Sena and opposition leader of Vidhan Sabha until July 2005, when he joined Indian National Congress party. He quit Congress in September 2017 and launched the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha. In 2018, he declared support for Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and was elected to the Rajya Sabha on a BJP nomination.{{Cite news|title=Will decide on future of my party within a week: Narayan Rane|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-decide-on-future-of-my-party-within-a-week-narayan-rane/articleshow/63319160.cms|access-date=2020-10-26}} On 15 October 2019, he merged his party, Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, into the BJP.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-15|title=Kept Waiting For Months, Konkan Strongman Narayan Rane Finally Joins BJP With His Outfit|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/kept-waiting-for-months-konkan-strongman-narayan-rane-finally-joins-bjp-with-his-outfit-2347093.html|access-date=2020-10-26|website=News18|language=en}}
Personal life
Narayan Rane was born to Tatu Sitaram Rane and Laxmibai Rane in Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra. He dropped out of 11th grade. He has two sons: Nilesh and Nitesh Rane. Nitesh is a politician and member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.{{Cite news|title=Narayan Rane|work=India.gov.in|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-narayan-rane}}{{Cite news|title=Video shows ex-CM Narayan Rane's MLA son Nitesh throwing slush on engineer|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/video-shows-ex-cm-narayan-rane-s-mla-son-nitesh-throwing-slush-on-engineer/story-55y0by9vxNyvy91Lnr0piN_amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwik-PfKzcvyAhVy73MBHVpPBnYQtwJ6BAgsEAE&usg=AOvVaw3qi9u8z40jLAFNTD6sYMYx&cf=1}}
Political career
=Shiv Sena=
Rane joined Shiv Sena in his early twenties and started his political career as local
Shakha Pramukh at Chembur, Mumbai.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-24|title=A history of Uddhav Thackeray-Narayan Rane enmity — from 'kombdi chor' to 'ghar kombda'|url=https://theprint.in/politics/a-history-of-uddhav-thackeray-narayan-rane-enmity-from-kombdi-chor-to-ghar-kombda/721434/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}} He then became the Councillor of Kopargaon.{{Cite web|title=Minister Profile: Shri Narayan Rane|url=https://msme.gov.in/sites/default/files/MinProfile.pdf}} Under the BJP-Shiv Sena coalition government, Rane first received the Revenue Ministry portfolio. He succeeded Manohar Joshi as Chief Minister in 1999, when Joshi was forced to resign due to a land use controversy.{{Cite web|date=2011-10-13|title=Pune land controversy back to haunt Shiv Sena|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/pune-land-controversy-back-to-haunt-shiv-sena/story-WGlNJUfXfe5lgFLcnzKNbP.html|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} Later that year, the BJP-Sena alliance led by Rane lost the October 1999 Maharashtra elections to an INC-NCP coalition. The election campaign opened a breach between Rane and Uddhav Thackeray, the president of Shiv Sena. Relations between Thackeray and Rane finally ruptured completely in 2005, when Rane submitted his resignation from the party. In response Thackeray expelled Rane from the party on 3 July 2005, accusing Rane of "gangsterism" and "betrayal of the party."{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/rane-expelled-from-sena-attacks-bal-thackeray-uddhav/308318|title= Narayan Rane expelled|website=www.outlookindia.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}{{Cite web|date=2021-08-24|title=A history of Uddhav Thackeray-Narayan Rane enmity — from 'kombdi chor' to 'ghar kombda'|url=https://theprint.in/politics/a-history-of-uddhav-thackeray-narayan-rane-enmity-from-kombdi-chor-to-ghar-kombda/721434/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}
=Indian National Congress=
Rane joined the Indian National Congress in 2005, receiving his old post as Revenue Minister under the Second Deshmukh Ministry.{{Cite web|title=Narayan Rane quits Congress in open show of revolt, but lacked similar fire when Shiv Sena abandoned him in 2005|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/narayan-rane-quits-congress-in-open-show-of-revolt-but-lacked-similar-fire-when-shiv-sena-abandoned-him-in-2005-4067287.html|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Firstpost|date=21 September 2017 }}{{Cite web|date=2019-11-13|title=Rane expelled from Sena, attacks Bal Thackeray, Uddhav|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/rane-expelled-from-sena-attacks-bal-thackeray-uddhav/308318|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113104056/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/rane-expelled-from-sena-attacks-bal-thackeray-uddhav/308318|archive-date=13 November 2019|access-date=2022-02-18|website=outlookindia}} In a 2005 by-election, he won re-election from his old Malvan seat in the Konkan region on a Congress ticket.{{cite news|title=Narayan Rane|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/states/uddhav-thackeray-has-no-concept-of-politics-natayan-rane/article21357918.ece|access-date=2019-11-13|newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 December 2017 |last1=Banerjee |first1=Shoumojit }}{{Cite magazine|author=Priya Sahgal Delhi |date=December 5, 2005 |title=Shiv Sena rebel Narayan Rane retains Malwan constituency in by-elections|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/20051205-shiv-sena-rebel-narayan-rane-retains-malwan-constituency-in-by-elections-786487-2005-12-05|access-date=2022-02-18|magazine=India Today|language=en}} In the wake of 2008 Mumbai attacks, Vilasrao Deshmukh, then Chief Minister of Maharashtra resigned, and Sonia Gandhi elevated Ashok Chavan as Chief Minister.{{Cite web|title=Ashok Chavan named Maharashtra CM|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/mumterror-ashok-chavan-new-maharashtra-cm/20081205.htm|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Rediff|language=en}} Rane accused Congress leadership of breaching its promises to make him Chief Minister, and was suspended by the party. After Rane apologized, the INC revoked this suspension.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-24|title=Narayan Rane: The 'Controversy King' Who Made it to PM Modi's Cabinet From a Street Gang in Mumbai|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/as-narayan-rane-is-arrested-for-his-slap-remark-against-uddhav-heres-all-about-the-controversy-king-4121864.html|access-date=2022-02-18|website=News18|language=en}} Prithviraj Chavan appointed Rane as Minister of Industry in his first ministry, elevating Balasheb Thorat to Rane's old Revenue portfolio.{{Cite web|title=Maharashtra portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets finance, Narayan Rane loses revenue|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-portfolios-ajit-pawar-gets-finance-narayan-rane-loses-revenue-1469016|access-date=2022-02-18|website=DNA India|language=en}} Rane resigned from the Cabinet in July 2014 over differences with the party's leadership on the INC's campaign effort.{{Cite web|title='I am Congress mukt': Narayan Rane quits party; here's a look at former CM's journey|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-i-am-congress-mukt-narayan-rane-quits-party-here-s-a-look-at-former-cm-s-journey-2547367|access-date=2022-02-18|website=DNA India|language=en}} The BJP and SHS went on to claim victory in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, in which Rane lost his bid for re-election to a Shiv Sena candidate.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-21|title=Narayan Rane quits Congress in open show of revolt, but lacked similar fire when Shiv Sena abandoned him in 2005|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/narayan-rane-quits-congress-in-open-show-of-revolt-but-lacked-similar-fire-when-shiv-sena-abandoned-him-in-2005-4067287.html|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Firstpost|language=en}}
In 2016, the INC appointed Rane as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} The appointment did not suppress the increasingly public feud between Rane and Congress leadership, however, prompting speculation about Rane's future in the party.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-17|title=Congress leader Narayan Rane slams Ashok Chavan, hints at 'decision' during Navratri|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/congress-leader-narayan-rane-slams-ashok-chavan-hints-at-decision-during-navratri-4053841.html|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Firstpost|language=en}} On 21 September 2017, Rane resigned both from the INC and from his membership on the Maharashtra Legislative Council.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/narayan-rane-quits-congress/article19728241.ece |title=Finally, Narayan Rane quits Congress |author=Shoumojit Banerjee |newspaper=The Hindu |date=21 September 2017 }}{{cite news|title=Narayan Rane quits Chavan cabinet in Maharashtra|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/narayan-rane-quits-chavan-cabinet-in-maharashtra/1019070|access-date=21 July 2014|work=Patrika Group|issue=21 July 2014}}
= Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha =
Though press at the time expected Rane's resignation to result in an appointment to Devendra Fadnavis's cabinet,{{Cite web|date=2017-09-26|title=Ex-Congress leader Narayan Rane meets Amit Shah amid speculations on induction in BJP|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ex-congress-leader-narayan-rane-meets-amit-shah-amid-speculations-on-induction-in-bjp-4082687.html|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Firstpost|language=en}} Shiv Sena, still led by Rane's longtime rival Uddhav Thackeray, threatened to withdraw from the BJP-led coalition if Rane was admitted.{{cite news |title= Ex-Congress leader Narayan Rane floats new party|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ex-congress-leader-narayan-rane-floats-new-party/20171001.htm |work=rediff.com |location=MUMBAI |access-date=2 October 2017}} Temporarily without a party, Rane formed a new political party in October 2017 called the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha and indicated it would ally with Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite news |title= Narayan Rane announces new political party|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/narayan-rane-announces-new-political-party/article19781529.ece |work=thehindu.com |location=MUMBAI |access-date=2 October 2017}}{{cite news |title= Narayan Rane floats new party, to 'support' BJP govt in Maharashtra |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/narayan-rane-floats-new-party-to-support-bjp-govt-in-maharashtra/articleshow/60899954.cms |work=timesofindia.com |location=MUMBAI |access-date=2 October 2017}}{{cite news |title= Rane expected to form separate group in BMC |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/rane-expected-to-form-separate-group-in-bmc/1154107 |work=Free Press Journal |location=MUMBAI |access-date=14 October 2017}} However, when Rane ran for Rajya Sabha in 2018, he did so under a BJP party line.{{Cite news|title=Will decide on future of my party within a week: Narayan Rane|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-decide-on-future-of-my-party-within-a-week-narayan-rane/articleshow/63319160.cms|access-date=2022-02-18}}
= Bharatiya Janata Party =
Narayan Rane merged his party, Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, with the Bharatiya Janata Party on October 15, 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/finally-konkan-strongman-narayan-rane-joins-bjp/article29690503.ece|title= Finally Konkan Strongman Narayan Rane joins BJP|newspaper=The Hindu|date= 15 October 2019|access-date=2021-07-07|last1= Banerjee|first1= Shoumojit}} Following that year's legislative assembly elections in Maharashtra, the BJP-Sena alliance broke down completely.{{Cite news|date=2019-11-14|title=Maharashtra: The unravelling of India's BJP and Shiv Sena alliance|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50402748|access-date=2022-02-18}} During the July 2021 Cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi elevated Rane to Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Political writer Aditi Phadnis interpreted this as a BJP attempt to make inroads in the Marathi strongholds of their former allies, Shiv Sena.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|date=7 July 2021 |access-date=2021-07-07}}{{Cite web|last=Phadnis|first=Aditi|title=The Politics behind Modi's Reshuffle|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/the-politics-behind-modis-reshuffle/20210708.htm|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Rediff|language=en}}
Newspaper ''Prahaar''
Rane launched the Marathi daily Prahaar on 8 October 2008, under the ownership of Rane Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. While he serves as the Consulting Editor, journalist Madhukar Bhave is the editor of the newspaper.{{Cite web|title=GRAND CEREMONY AND POWERFUL SPEECHES MARK NARAYAN RANE'S NEWSPAPER PRAHAAR'S LAUNCH|url=https://www.nmtv.tv/grand-ceremony-and-powerful-speeches-mark-narayan-ranes-newspaper-prahaars-launch/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=NMTV|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Narayan, Rane, Narayan Rane, Narayan Rane, Narayan rane|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Narayan-Rane|access-date=2020-10-26|website=The Times of India}}
Controversies
In August 2011, Urban Development Deputy Secretary BK Gahart claimed in a deposition before the inquiry committee investigating the Adarsh Housing Society scam that while Rane was Chief Minister in the 1999 Shiv Sena-BJP ministry, he expedited a land allocation at the behest of Adarsh Housing Society.{{Cite web|date=2011-08-03|title=Now, Rane faces heat over Adarsh|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/now-rane-faces-heat-over-adarsh/story-m0iosMFzcRKjj3rgnWrCJN.html|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} The BJP-Sena opposition unsuccessfully campaigned for Rane's resignation as Industry Minister, but when the inquiry committee completed its report in April 2013, indicting four former Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Rane was not included.{{Cite web|date=2011-08-04|title=Adarsh scam: Opposition up against Narayan Rane|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-adarsh-scam-opposition-up-against-narayan-rane-1572328|access-date=2020-10-26|website=DNA India|language=en}}
In August 2021, while traveling under the BJP Jan Ashirwad Yatra initiative (a program under which Modi ministers traveled their home constituencies and regions{{Cite news|last=Anshuman|first=Kumar|title=BJP ministers to start Jan Ashirwad Yatra from today|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-ministers-to-start-jan-ashirwad-yatra-from-today/articleshow/85354265.cms|access-date=2022-02-18}}), Rane claimed Uddhav Thackeray, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra following the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis, forgot the year of India's independence during an Independence Day speech, requiring prompting by an aide.{{Cite web|date=Aug 24, 2021|title=Narayan Rane: 'Would have slapped Uddhav Thackeray'; Narayan Rane's remarks draw Shiv Sena vs BJP clashes in Mumbai {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/would-have-slapped-uddhav-thackeray-narayan-ranes-remarks-draw-shiv-sena-ire/articleshow/85583118.cms|access-date=2022-02-18|website=The Times of India|language=en}} Rane went on to declare that, "Had I been there, I would have given him a slap."{{Cite news|date=2021-08-25|title=Narayan Rane: India minister arrested over slap remark gets bail|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58318798|access-date=2022-02-18}} Maharashtra Police arrested Rane in Ratnagiri on 24 August.{{Cite web|title=Union Minister Narayan Rane Arrested Over "Slap Thackeray" Remark|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sena-bjp-supporters-clash-in-mumbai-after-case-against-minister-narayan-rane-for-slap-remark-against-uddhav-thackeray-2517268|access-date=2021-08-24|website=NDTV.com}}{{Cite web|date=2021-08-25|title=Narayan Rane gets late night bail after arrest over 'would have slapped Uddhav Thackeray' remark|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/narayan-rane-gets-late-night-bail-after-arrest-over-would-have-slapped-uddhav-thackeray-remark-9910391.html|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Firstpost|language=en}} A court conditionally granted him bail the following day.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-25|title=Hours after arrest, Narayan Rane granted bail in 'slap Uddhav' remark case|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/hours-after-arrest-narayan-rane-granted-bail-in-uddhav-slap-remark-case-7469098/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}
In February 2022, an F.I.R. was registered against Rane for allegedly making defamatory and false statements about Disha Salian's death.{{Cite web |author=Narayan Namboodiri|date=Feb 28, 2022 |title=Disha Salian's death: Union minister Narayan Rane & MLA son booked for defamation {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/disha-salians-death-union-minister-narayan-rane-mla-son-booked-for-defamation/articleshow/89880972.cms |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
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