Dhananjay Mahadik

Dhananjay Mahadik
Mahadik 3rd from the left
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2022
Preceded byVinay Sahasrabuddhe
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded bySadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik
Succeeded bySanjay Mandlik
ConstituencyKolhapur
Personal details
Born (1972-01-15) 15 January 1972
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Party Bharatiya Janata Party (2019-Present)
Other political
affiliations
Nationalist Congress Party (Before 2019)
Spouse
Arundhati Mahadik
​
(m. 1994)​
Children3 sons
Parent
  • Bhimrao (Dada) Mahadik (father)
RelativesAmal Mahadevrao Mahadik (cousin brother)
Mahadevrao (Appa) Mahadik (uncle)
EducationBachelor of Commerce
Alma materShivaji University
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Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is an Indian politician from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra state.[1] He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha (2014–2019) from Kolhapur as an NCP candidate. Dhananjay Mahadik is a Nephew of Mahadevrao Mahadik alias Appa Mahadik.

Political career

In 2004, Mahadik contested the Lok Sabha election as a candidate of Shiv Sena from Kolhapur against NCP's Sadashivrao Mandlik and lost. He parted ways with Shiv Sena and joined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). But NCP did not consider him as the party's candidate for the 2009 Indian General Election. He unsuccessfully contested the election as an independent candidate.

He entered Lok Sabha as a member of NCP in 2014.[2] On 10 January 2017, Mahadik, along with NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif, former NCP MP Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, Kolhapur mayor Hasina Faras, and 400 others were arrested for blocking traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway as part of a protest against the effects of demonetization.

He received Sansad Ratna Award for his outstanding performance in 2017 and 2018.[3][4]

After representing Kolhapur in Lok Sabha (2014–2019), he unsuccessfully contested from the same seat in 2019 elections. He lost 2019 Lok Sabha election against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Mandalik.

In September 2019, he along with his NCP colleagues joined the BJP.[5] In 2022, he became a Rajya Sabha Member from Maharashtra state.

Dhananjay Mahadik served as the chairman of Bhima Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana for almost a decade till 2022. In 2022 elections the Mahadik panel secured all board seats, and his son Vishwaraj Dhananjay Mahadik was elected as the new chairman of the factory.[6][7]

Personal life

Mahadik is the nephew of former-MLA Mahadeorao Mahadik.[8] In 1994, Dhananjay Mahadik married Arundhati Mahadik. They have 3 sons namely Prithviraj, Vishwaraj and Krishnaraj; they all reside together in Kolhapur.[9]

Krishnaraj Mahadik, the youngest of Dhananjay Mahadik's sons, currently leads BJYM Maharashtra. His YouTube channel has picked up over 700,000 subscribers. He also raced competitively for a while and managed to win the British F3 title.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Dhananjay Mahadik(Independent(IND)):Constituency- Kolhapur South(KOLHAPUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  2. ↑ Lok Sabha (2019). "Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik". Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nine best performing Parliamentarians to get 'Sansad Ratna' award". Deccan Herald. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Sansad Ratna Award 2018
  5. ↑ "Ready to accept responsibility, says Maharashtra BJP vice president Dhananjay Mahadik". The Times of India. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Dhananjay Mahadik panel wins all seats in Bhima sugar factory polls". The Times of India. 15 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  7. ↑ माझा, सुनील दिवाण, एबीपी (24 November 2022). "विश्वराज महाडीक भीमा साखर कारखान्याचे नवे अध्यक्ष, तर सुरेश जगताप उपाध्यक्ष". ABP Majha (in Marathi). Retrieved 23 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ मुंबई, अभिजीत जाधव, एबीपी माझा (25 April 2023). "अप्पा महाडिक म्हणजे नुसता धर की, वढ की, पकड की लगेच चितपट कर, 82 वर्षाच्या पैलवानाची स्टोरी". ABP Majha (in Marathi). Retrieved 24 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Photos: कोल्हापूरच्या भाजप खासदाराच्या लेकाचा कुटुंबाबरोबर इटलीत सफरनामा; फोटो पाहून म्हणाल कुटुंब असावं तर असं". Loksatta (in Marathi). 28 April 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan announces new team with 6 general secretaries and 12 vice-presidents". The Indian Express. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Maha: BJP state president Ravindra Chavan appoints Krishnaraj Mahadik as president of state BJP Yuva Morcha". www.uniindia.com. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
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