Gopinath Munde - Recent Political Career

Recent Political Career

Munde is the general secretary and Prabhari of Maharastra state of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was Member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Five terms in 1980-1985, 1990-2009. He was also Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly during 1992-1995. He has held previously the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 1995-1999. He was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 and currently serves as Deputy Leader of the BJP in the Lok Sabha, Government of India. He was chosen as Member of Business Advisory Committee on 29 Jun 2009. He was selected as Member Committee on Public Accounts on 6 Aug. 2009. He was then chosen as Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs on 16 Sep 2009. He was selected as Member Committee on General Purposes Committee on 19 Oct 2009. He was former Member of Parliament's Committee on Finance from 31 Aug 2009 to 5 Jan 2010. Then he became Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) from 6 Jan 2010 to 30 Apr 2010. He was also member of Committee on Ethics selected on 12 Jan. 2010. Later on he became Chairman of Parliament's Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers on 7 May 2010.
Munde is the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state in India. He is member of 15th Lok Sabha (2009–2014) and represents Beed. He was Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from 12 December 1991 to 14 March 1995,
After which Shiv Sena - BJP alliance government come in power during 1995-1999. During this time he held the position of Home Minister of Maharashtra state. He carried out controversial encounters of mafia, which is why there became one slogan that time “Maharashtra ke do gunde Joshi-Munde”