Jambuwantrao Dhote

Bhau Jambhuwantrao Dhote is also known as The Lion of Vidharbha. He was Member of Parliament from Nagpur (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1971 to 5th Lok Sabha, defeating his Congress rival.[1] When Indira Gandhi split Congress in January 1978, he joined her Congress(I) party. He was elected for second time from Nagpur in 1980 to 7th Lok Sabha as a Congress candidate.

Shri Dhote left Congress soon, and founded Vidharbha Janta Congress (VJC) Party on 9 September 2002. He was elected to Maharashtra Assembly 5 times. He was elected from Yavatmal in 1962 [2] and 1967 elections as a Forward Bloc candidate [3] and in 1978 as Congress member.[4] A true leader of the masses, he is son-in-law of veteran Congress leader late Ramrao Adik . He is one of vidarbhian leaders who devotes his whole life for the movemment free vidarbha and struggling for it about 4-5 decades.

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Notes

  1. ↑ "General Election of India 1971, List of Successful Candidate". Election Commission of India. p. 71. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  2. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf
  3. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf
  4. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf page=9