Suresh Dhas
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Balasaheb Ajabe
| successor =
| constituency = Ashti
| term_start1 = 1999
| term_end1 = 2014
| predecessor1 = Sahebrao Darekar
| successor1 = Bhimrao Dhonde
| constituency1 = Ashti
| office2 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
| term_start2 = 22 June 2018
| term_end2 = 21 June 2024
| predecessor2 = Diliprao Deshmukh
| successor2 =
| constituency2 = Usamanabad -Latur-Beed Local Authority
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|2|2}}
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| otherparty = Nationalist Congress Party{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Two former NCP MLAs quit party |url=https://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/210617/two-former-ncp-mlas-quit-party.html |access-date=9 January 2025 |work= |date=21 June 2017 |archive-date= |language=en}}
}}
Suresh Ramchandra Dhas (born 1969){{Cite web |title=Dhas Suresh Ramchandra(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- ASHTI(BEED) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/Maharashtra2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=1724 |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=myneta.info}} is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a four-time member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is one time member of Maharashtra Legislative Council From 2018 to 2024. He won as an MLA for the fourth time winning the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Ashti Assembly constituency in Beed District.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Ashti (Maharashtra) Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: Winner, Runner-up, Candidates List |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/ashti-maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-9685007/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
He served as minister of state for revenue, and rehabilitation in Maharashtra government. {{cite news |title=LS polls: NCP's Suresh Dhas to contest against Gopinath Munde in Beed |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ls-polls-ncps-suresh-dhas-to-contest-against-gopinath-munde-in-beed-1417229.html |access-date=9 January 2025 |publisher=Firstpost |date=3 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109121308/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/ls-polls-ncps-suresh-dhas-to-contest-against-gopinath-munde-in-beed-1417229.html |archive-date=9 January 2025 |language=en-us}}
Early life and education
Suresh Dhas is from Jamgaon, Ashti. He has two sons, Jaydatta Dhas and Sagar Dhas.{{Cite news |last=Ghadyalpatil |first=Abhiram |date=2018-06-12 |title=Setback for NCP, Congress in Maharashtra Council poll |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/zCjwztKAqrUFgEvRkVhHzL/Setback-for-NCP-Congress-in-Maharashtra-Council-poll.html |access-date=2018-06-13 |work=Live Mint}} He completed his bachelor’s degree in arts at Commerce and Science College, Tal Ashti, Beed and later did his M.S. at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad in 1993.
Career
Suresh won from the Ashti Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 140,507 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Bhimrao Anandrao Dhonde, an independent politician, by a huge margin of 77,975 votes.{{Cite web |title=Ashti Election Result 2024 LIVE: Dhas Suresh Ramchandra of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/ashti-election-result-2024-live-leading-winner-mla-9130178.html |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=News18 |language=en}}{{cite news |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Ashti |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S13231.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109123259/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S13231.htm |archive-date=9 January 2025 |access-date=9 January 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |language=en}}
He first became an MLA winning the 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the BJP and retained it in the 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He won for third time in the 2009 Assembly election representing the Nationalist Congress Party and defeated the BJP candidate Balasaheb Ajabe by a margin of 34,690 votes. He lost the next election in 2014 and contested MLC in 2018 for Usamanabad-Latur-Beed Local Authorities & got elected for Maharashtra legislative council. Once again in 2024 he got elected for a fourth time to the Maharashtra legislative assembly.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Ashti, Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP's Dhas Suresh Ramchandra wins Ashti with 140507 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/ashti-maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-maelb-2638360-2024-11-23 |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}
He served as minister of state for revenue, and rehabilitation in Maharashtra government. He won his seat in the Maharashtra council on 11 June 2018 with 526 votes while Ashok Jagdale, the candidate backed by the Nationalist Congress Party, earned 452 votes.{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-council-poll-bjps-suresh-dhas-win-osmanabad-latur-beed-seat/article24147055.ece| title = Maharashtra Council poll: BJP's Suresh Dhas win Osmanabad-Latur-Beed seat - The Hindu| website = The Hindu}}
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