Ramdas Athawale
| Ramdas Athawale | |
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| Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment | |
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Assumed office 5 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| MP of Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra | |
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Assumed office 3 April 2014 | |
| Member of Loksabha | |
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In office 1999–2009 | |
| Constituency | Pandharpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 December 1959 Agalgaon, Sangli district, Maharashtra |
| Political party | RPI(A) |
| Spouse(s) | Seema Athawale |
| Children | Jit Athawale |
| Residence | Samvidhan, Opposite Guru Nanak Hospital, Kalanagar, Bandra, Mumbai |
| Occupation | politician |
| Religion | Buddhist |
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As of 25 May, 2014 Source: Rajya Sabha official | |
Ramdas Bandu Athawale (Marathi: रामदास बंडू आठवले) (born 25 December 1959) is a member Rajya Sabha of Indian parliament and from Buddhist community. He is also former Member of Lok sabha of India. He represented the Pandharpur constituency of Maharashtra and is the president of the Republican Party of India (Athawale) political party. He also represented Mumbai North Central in 12th Lok Sabha during 1998-99. He left the NCP-Congress alliance in 2011 after having lost the 2009 Lok Sabha election. Athawale led the RPI party, joined the Shivsena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in 2011 and contested Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections together. Ramdas Athawale lost in the Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency election in 2009.
In 2014, Athawale was elected to the upper house of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He represents Maharashtra.
Career
Athawale demanded firearms [1] for Dalits from Indian Government[2] for self-defense and to resist oppression.
He is currently Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Department.
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