Narayan Rane

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Narayan Rane is an Indian politician, who is from the state of Maharashtra in India. He is the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra who served the state from 1 February 1999 to 17 October 1999. He served as the cabinet minister of Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment from 2010 to 2014. In July 2021, he was given the charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of India under the second ministry of the Modi government.In 1999, Rane became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the stepping down of Manohar Joshi from the Chief ministers post. On 3 July 2005, Rane was expelled from the Shiv Sena party for anti-party activities. [11]Outlook He was expelled because Shiv Sena felt that Rane began a show of strength. People were threatened and gangsterism in the Sena could not be tolerated. [12]Outlook.In an interview, Narayan Rane stated that Balasaheb (Bal Thackeray) was his idol and Guru, and he left Shiv Sena because of Uddhav Thackeray. He said, I was with Shiv Sena for 39 years. Balasaheb Ji made me CM. I didnt ask for it. Even today, I didnt ask for a Cabinet berth. When I work for the party, the party thinks about me. There is nothing wrong. I respect Balasaheb Ji, I consider him my guru. Even when I was in Shiv Sena, I didnt get along with Uddhav Thackeray. I quit Shiv Sena because of him. Narayan Rane with Bal Thackeray.After the Mumbai attacks in 2008, the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, was expelled from the Chief Ministerial post. Soon, Ashok Chavan was made the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and Rane protested against the decision of the congress party and its senior leaders that resulted in Ranes suspension for six years from the Indian National Congress.In October 2008, Narayan Rane released a Marathi daily newspaper under the ownership of his publishing house named Rane Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. In this publishing house, Narayan Rane serves as the Consulting editor. The renowned Indian journalist Madhukar Bhave is the editor of this newspaper.In 2009, Narayan Rane apologized to the congress chief Sonia Gandhi for the protest he did against her in 2008 when Sonia Gandhi chose Ashok Chavan as the Cheif Minister of Maharashtra. Soon after his apology, in the Indian National Congress, he was given the charge of the Minister of Industry of Maharashtra, India. During the same time, Rane helped his two sons- Nilesh and Nitesh to enter Maharashtra politics. Congress leader Narayan Rane with his sons Nitesh and Nilesh during a press conference in Mumbai In September 2017, Rane voluntarily quit congress. In an interview with a media house, Rane said on his resignation from the Indian National Congress, I waited for 12 years. When I found that there was no scope for me in the Congress, I decided to quit from the primary membership of the party and membership of the legislative council. He further added that he had joined the Indian National Congress as he was assured that he will be made the chief minister of Maharashtra within six months of his joining.After quitting the Indian National Congress, in October 2017, Narayan Rane launched his new political party named the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha. At the inauguration conference of this new party, Rane said while addressing the media houses, There was a need for a new political party and hence I launched the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha..In December 2017, Narayan Rane publicly lashed out at Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. In a party conference, Rane said that Thackeray had no conception about politics. He said, Does he [Uddhav] even understand what politics is all about? He has no knowledge of any ministerial portfolio. Why doesnt he exit the Fadnavis government instead of attacking everyone in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)..In 2017, a cartoon picture went viral on social media when Narayan Rane left the Indian National Congress and met Devendra Fadnavis, the then Cheif Minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A cartoon picture that went viral in 2017 when Narayan Rane met Devendra Fadnavis.In 2018, Rane declared that his party, the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, would support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Soon, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha on the Maharashtra Swabhiman Pakshas nomination. In October 2019, Rane merged his party with the Bharatiya Janata Party. This merger was completed in the presence of the then Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at Kankavli, Maharashtra, India. [13]The Hindu.