| Office | Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra |
|---|---|
| Office | Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 24 October 2019
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| Predecessor | Sandeep Naik
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| Predecessor | Sitaram Bhoir |
| Successor | Manda Mhatre |
| Constituency | Airoli |
| Constituency | Belapur |
| Born | 1950-09-015 (age 76) |
| Born | Navi Mumbai (formerly NEW Mumbai)
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party Template:Small[1]
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| Children | *Sanjeev Naik
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| Occupation | Politician, Businessman,Builder
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Ganesh Naik (born 15 September 1950) is an Indian politician. He is the Bhartiya Janta Party member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly who represented Belapur in the past,[2] and was the Thane Guardian Minister in the state government.[3] He was the minister of Labour, excise and environment in the previous government.
Political career
Ganesh Naik began his career as an MLA in 1990 with Shiv sena but later switched to the Nationalist Congress party in 1999. He belongs to the locally powerful agri community.[4]
Vidhan Sabha election 2014
In the Maharashtra state assembly polls, results for which were announced on 19 October 2014, Naik lost to the BJP candidate by around 1,500 votes. Manda Vijay Mhatre, the winning candidate had left NCP just before the elections, opposing the family rule of the Naik clan in Navi Mumbai. Naik's son, Sandeep Naik, however, was re-elected to the Airoli seat by margin of over 7,000 votes. Earlier in May parliamentary elections, his other son, Dr Sanjeev Naik, had lost his seat to the Shiv Sena by a huge margin.Template:Citation needed
References
- ↑ Maharashtra polls: Advantage BJP, as top Congress, NCP leaders to join party today, MumbaiSeptember 11, Kamlesh Damodar Sutar. India Today. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ↑ Naik's home turf fails to back him. The Indian Express(26 May 2008). Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ↑ Thane city celebrates Maharashtra's 49th year. The Times of India(2 May 2009). Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ↑ Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Princeton University Press(5 June 2018). ISBN 978-0-691-18862-1