Anil Deshmukh

Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician. He served as the Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Works in the Government of Maharashtra state, Indiauntil September 2014. He represented Katol, Nagpur district, first on behalf of the Congress party, and then the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1995 to October 2014. In the 2014 Assembly election, he lost in the Katol constituency to his own nephew, Ashish Ranjeet Deshmukh the son of Ex-president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) Ranjeet Deshmukh.

Deshmukh served as chairman of Nagpur Zila Parishad during initial years of his political career. He has been elected to Maharashtra assembly for 5 times since 1995, however he lost his seat to his nephew in the 2014 assembly elections.

Deshmukh hails from a village Vad Vihira, which is near Katol in the Nagpur district. Deshmukh lost his father Vasantrao Deshmukh, a rich farmer during his childhood and was brought up by his uncle. He attended Katol High school, Katol. He attended The College of Agriculture, Nagpur and holds a master of science degree in Agriculture awarded by Nagpur University. The college of Agriculture has now shifted affiliation to Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (Agricultural University), Akola.
He is married to Aarti, and they have two sons and a daughter. His elder son, Salil, is a district level chairman of Nationalist Congress party. His daughter is a doctor.

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