Babanrao Dattatray Yadav (Lonikar) (born 1 March 1965) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state, and a member of the thirteenth 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He was the Minister of Water Supply and Sanitation[1] in the Government of Maharashtra. He represents Partur-Mantha Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra.[2][3] He belongs to Bhartiya Janata Party.

Babanrao Lonikar
Minister of Water Supply & Sanitation
Government of Maharashtra
In office
5 December 2014 – 12 November 2019
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Succeeded byGulab Raghunath Patil
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2014
Preceded bySureshkumar Jethalia
ConstituencyPartur
In office
1999–2009
Preceded byAbdul Kadir Abdul Wahed Deshmukh
Succeeded bySureshkumar Jethalia
ConstituencyPartur
Personal details
Born (1965-03-01) 1 March 1965 (age 59)
Loni, Jalna district, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
SpouseVandana Lonikar
ChildrenBhakti, & Shreejay
OccupationPolitician, Farmer
Websiteofficial website

Political career

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Babanrao Yadav is 55 years old. The MLA contested election from Partur, Maharashtra in the year 2019 and he won. Nowadays, he is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Also, he was elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Partur constituency in the years 1999, 2004 and 2014, respectively. Babanrao Yadav is also known as Babanrao Lonikar.

Positions held

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He was also given responsibility of being guardian minister of Jalna district.[4]

Within BJP

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  • State Vice President, BJP (1994)

Legislative

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References

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  1. ^ "Water Supply and Sanitation - Golden Maharashtra Development Council". www.goldenmaharashtra.in.
  2. ^ ADR. "Babanrao Lonikar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- PARTUR(JALNA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  3. ^ "State Water Supply Minister Babanrao Lonikar | Sakal Times". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra". Zee News. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by Cabinet Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation, Maharashtra State
2014–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Jalna district
2014–present
Incumbent