Anna Dange

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ramchandra Dange | office = Minister of Rural Development Government of Maharashtra | term_start = 14 March 1995 | term_end = 18 October 1999 | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane | predecessor = Ranjeet Deshmukh | successor = R. R. Patil | office1 = Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council | term_start1 = 30 July 1994 | term_end1 = 18 March 1995 | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = Sharad Pawar | predecessor1 = Sudhir Joshi | successor1 = Sharad Pawar | term_start2 = 2 July 1992 | term_end2 = 30 July 1993 | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | 1namedata2 = Sudhakarrao Naik Sharad Pawar | predecessor2 = Pramod Navalkar | successor2 = Sudhir Joshi | office3 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council | term_start3 = 25 April 1984 | term_end3 = 24 April 2002 | constituency3 = ''elected by Members of Legislative Assembly'' | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | party = Bharatiya Janata Party {{small|(2025 - present)}} {{small|(till 2002)}} Nationalist Congress Party {{small|(2006-2025)}} Lok Rajya Party {{small|(2002-06)}} | profession = Politician }} '''Anna Dange''' was an Indian politician and member of the Nationalist Congress Party. Dange is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and also minister of Rural Development, Water supply, Retired Servicemen welfare in Manohar Joshi's ministry from 1995 to 1999 as well as minister in Narayan Rane's ministry<ref>{{cite news |date=March 11, 2002 |title=Anna Dange quits BJP |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Anna-Dange-quits-BJP/articleshow/3500235.cms |work=Times of India |location=Mumbai |access-date=October 2, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 11, 2002 |title=Senior BJP leader Dange quits party |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Senior-BJP-leader-Dange-quits-party/articleshow/3483959.cms |work=Times of India |location=Mumbai |access-date=October 2, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 30, 2006 |title=Former BJP minister Dange joins NCP |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-former-bjp-minister-dange-joins-ncp-1055981 |work=DNA |location=Mumbai |access-date=October 2, 2017 }}</ref>

He quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2002 after he was repeatedly sidelined and ill treated by his fellow party members. He floated his new party called Lokrajya Party in 2006

In 2006, he joined Nationalist Congress Party and was named Vice-President of the Maharashtra State NCP in June 2011.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 11, 2011 |title=Anna Dange appointed NCP vice president |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/anna-dange-appointed-ncp-vice-president/story-IT5SzbPtovm6Kx18AIX0eO.html |work=Hindustan Times |location=Mumbai |access-date=October 2, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 11, 2011 |title=BMC polls success: Is Maharashtra turning into a new BJP bastion? |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/bmc-polls-success-is-maharashtra-turning-into-a-new-bjp-bastion/story-jwSlHm1MdUA2GYcG3XhozL.html |work=Hindustan Times |location=Mumbai |access-date=October 2, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 15, 2014 |title=Who will benefit from Dhangar agitation? |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/who-will-benefit-from-dhangar-agitation/ |work=Indian Express |location=Mumbai |access-date=October 2, 2017 }}</ref>

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