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Mohan Joshi | |
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| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 2008–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1956 Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence | Pune |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | http://mohanjoshi.org |
Mohan Joshi is an Indian politician from Pune, Maharashtra. He represents the Indian National Congress in various organizational and constitutional capacities, including as head of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee as state general secretary since 2009. [1] He belongs to the Pune Constituency. He is the president of the Maharashtra branch of Harijan Sevak Sangh.
Career
In 1972, Joshi was president of the Pune Youth Congress. In 1987, he was president of the Maharashta Youth Congress. Under his leadership from 1997 to 2004, the Indian National Congress party won all the elections for the Parliament, the State Assembly, and the Pune Municipal Corporation. He served as the working president of Pune General Workers Union.[ when?]
In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, Joshi was a Congress candidate for the Parliament elections from Pune constituency. Joshi received 212,000 votes and secured the second position. In 2002, in response to the alleged religious chauvinism of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Joshi stormed into a VHP meeting and blackened the face of VHP leader Parvin Togadia. [2]
Joshi served as General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee beginning in 2005 and as a member of the Executive Committee of the State Unit beginning in 2009. [3] From 2008 to 2010, he was a member of the Estimate Committee in the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
In 2010, Joshi was nominated as a public representative of Pune University's senate. [4] Joshi was selected as a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association study-tour of Europe and the UK in 2011. [5] Starting in 2011, he was the chairman of the Assurance Committee in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. [6]
For the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Joshi was the Congress candidate for Pune constituency. [7] Since 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party ruled the Pune Lok Sabha constituency. [8][ needs update]
Joshi is president of the Maharashtra branch of Harijan Sevak Sangh. [9] [10] [11]
References
- ^ "State Organizations – Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee". Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Togadia faces Cong wrath". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Kulkarni, Prachee (12 October 2017). "Congress drops old members in state committee reshuffle". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 17 December 2018.[ dead link]
- ^ "Appointed legislators rarely show up at Pune University senate meetings". The Indian Express. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Mohan Joshi, Congress MLC from Pune has been selected for the five European nation tour of the state legislators organised by Maharashtra branch of Rashtrakul Sansadiya Mandal". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "आमदार मोहन जोशी यांची आश्वासन समितीवर फेरनिवड". Loksatta (in Marathi). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (3 April 2019). "Congress fields Mohan Joshi from Pune". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Congress Fields Mohan Joshi Against BJP's Girish Bapat in Pune". News18. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "महाराष्ट्र हरिजन सेवक संघाच्या अध्यक्षपदी मोहन जोशी". Loksatta (in Marathi). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Welcome To Harijan Sevak Sangh". gandhicreationhss.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "महाराष्ट्र हरिजन सेवक संघाच्या अध्यक्षपदी मोहन जोशी". Loksatta (in Marathi). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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Mohan Joshi | |
|---|---|
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 2008–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1956 Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence | Pune |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | http://mohanjoshi.org |
Mohan Joshi is an Indian politician from Pune, Maharashtra. He represents the Indian National Congress in various organizational and constitutional capacities, including as head of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee as state general secretary since 2009. [1] He belongs to the Pune Constituency. He is the president of the Maharashtra branch of Harijan Sevak Sangh.
Career
In 1972, Joshi was president of the Pune Youth Congress. In 1987, he was president of the Maharashta Youth Congress. Under his leadership from 1997 to 2004, the Indian National Congress party won all the elections for the Parliament, the State Assembly, and the Pune Municipal Corporation. He served as the working president of Pune General Workers Union.[ when?]
In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, Joshi was a Congress candidate for the Parliament elections from Pune constituency. Joshi received 212,000 votes and secured the second position. In 2002, in response to the alleged religious chauvinism of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Joshi stormed into a VHP meeting and blackened the face of VHP leader Parvin Togadia. [2]
Joshi served as General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee beginning in 2005 and as a member of the Executive Committee of the State Unit beginning in 2009. [3] From 2008 to 2010, he was a member of the Estimate Committee in the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
In 2010, Joshi was nominated as a public representative of Pune University's senate. [4] Joshi was selected as a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association study-tour of Europe and the UK in 2011. [5] Starting in 2011, he was the chairman of the Assurance Committee in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. [6]
For the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Joshi was the Congress candidate for Pune constituency. [7] Since 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party ruled the Pune Lok Sabha constituency. [8][ needs update]
Joshi is president of the Maharashtra branch of Harijan Sevak Sangh. [9] [10] [11]
References
- ^ "State Organizations – Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee". Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Togadia faces Cong wrath". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Kulkarni, Prachee (12 October 2017). "Congress drops old members in state committee reshuffle". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 17 December 2018.[ dead link]
- ^ "Appointed legislators rarely show up at Pune University senate meetings". The Indian Express. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Mohan Joshi, Congress MLC from Pune has been selected for the five European nation tour of the state legislators organised by Maharashtra branch of Rashtrakul Sansadiya Mandal". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "आमदार मोहन जोशी यांची आश्वासन समितीवर फेरनिवड". Loksatta (in Marathi). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (3 April 2019). "Congress fields Mohan Joshi from Pune". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Congress Fields Mohan Joshi Against BJP's Girish Bapat in Pune". News18. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "महाराष्ट्र हरिजन सेवक संघाच्या अध्यक्षपदी मोहन जोशी". Loksatta (in Marathi). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Welcome To Harijan Sevak Sangh". gandhicreationhss.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "महाराष्ट्र हरिजन सेवक संघाच्या अध्यक्षपदी मोहन जोशी". Loksatta (in Marathi). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.