Diwakar Raote

Diwakar Raote
Diwakar Raote calling on the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, in New Delhi on February 22, 2016
Cabinet Minister of Transport
Government of Maharashtra
In office
5 December 2014[1][2] – 11 November 2019
GovernorC.V.Rao
Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra
Assumed office
8 July 2016
Personal details
Political partyShiv Sena
ResidenceMumbai,India
OccupationPolitician

Diwakar Raote is a leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. On 5 December 2014 Raote took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Transport in Maharashtra Government.[3] He is also the guardian minister of Parbhani and Nanded Districts.[4] Earlier he was entrusted with the responsibility of establishing the organization in Marathwada after the party's decision in 1985 to expand to whole Maharashtra. He became Mayor of Mumbai in 1991. In Narayan Rane ministry, he was a cabinet minister of Revenue, Government of Maharashtra.

He belongs to the Panchkalshi, a scribal caste community of Hindu society in Maharashtra mostly found in Mumbai and the North Konkan region.

  1. ^ "Finally Sena joins Maharashtra govt, 10 ministers sworn-in".
  2. ^ Jore, Dharmendra; Mankikar, Sayli Udas (5 December 2014). "Deal sealed: Sena joins BJP govt in Maharashtra". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Fadnavis ministry expansion sees mix of old and new faces".
  4. ^ "Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 26 December 2014 – via Business Standard.