 "PlanCom member Narendra Jadhav keen to contest on Congress ticket")
Planning Commission member Narendra Jadhav has expressed his desire to contest on the Congress ticket from Pune or Latur Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra.
Jadhav, also a member of the National Advisory Council chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, revealed his plans after his meetings two days ago in Aurangabad, with key persons from the political and social fields. Jadhav also confirmed he has been approached by leading political parties. However, Jadhav has clarified that being a lieutenant of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he would like to contest as a Congress nominee.
He also revealed he had already held preliminary discussions with the prime minister, but not yet discussed it at the party level. He a said the Congress party would take a final decision. The Pune seat is an open seat, while Latur in the Marathwada region is a reserved one. In the 2009 elections, Suresh Kalmadi was elected on a Congress ticket from Pune while former chief minister, late Vilasrao Deshmukh's confidant, Jayawantrao Awale, won the Latur seat.
Nilekani, an entrepreneur and the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of Inkdia has declared his intention to contest the ensuing parliamentary elections from the south Bangalore seat on a Congress ticket.
As Planning Commission member, Jadhav’s sectoral responsibilities include education, labour-employment-skill development, sports & youth affairs, and social justice and empowerment. In addition, Jadhav looks after the states of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and Goa, besides the union territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
An All India Congress Committee member, who did not want to be named, told Business Standard “The Congress high command will take a final decision on Jadhav's nomination. In Jadhav, the party will nominate an educationist with a reckoning at the global level.”
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called Jadhav, “a role-model for the disempowered millions in our country.”
As an economist, Jadhav worked with Reserve Bank of India, the International Monetary Fund, the Afghan and Ethiopian governments.
As vice chancellor of Pune University, Jadhav transformed it to a model state university in India. In 2008, the Maharashtra chief minister appointed him as the chairman of a one man high powered committee in the context of farmers’ suicides. The Jadhav Committee Report has been accepted by the government and is being implemented.
He has authored books such as an autobiography, “Untouchables: My family's triumphant journey out of the caste system in modern India” and a biographical novel, “Outcaste.”
Jadhav, also a member of the National Advisory Council chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, revealed his plans after his meetings two days ago in Aurangabad, with key persons from the political and social fields. Jadhav also confirmed he has been approached by leading political parties. However, Jadhav has clarified that being a lieutenant of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he would like to contest as a Congress nominee.
He also revealed he had already held preliminary discussions with the prime minister, but not yet discussed it at the party level. He a said the Congress party would take a final decision. The Pune seat is an open seat, while Latur in the Marathwada region is a reserved one. In the 2009 elections, Suresh Kalmadi was elected on a Congress ticket from Pune while former chief minister, late Vilasrao Deshmukh's confidant, Jayawantrao Awale, won the Latur seat.
Nilekani, an entrepreneur and the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of Inkdia has declared his intention to contest the ensuing parliamentary elections from the south Bangalore seat on a Congress ticket.
As Planning Commission member, Jadhav’s sectoral responsibilities include education, labour-employment-skill development, sports & youth affairs, and social justice and empowerment. In addition, Jadhav looks after the states of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and Goa, besides the union territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
An All India Congress Committee member, who did not want to be named, told Business Standard “The Congress high command will take a final decision on Jadhav's nomination. In Jadhav, the party will nominate an educationist with a reckoning at the global level.”
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called Jadhav, “a role-model for the disempowered millions in our country.”
As an economist, Jadhav worked with Reserve Bank of India, the International Monetary Fund, the Afghan and Ethiopian governments.
As vice chancellor of Pune University, Jadhav transformed it to a model state university in India. In 2008, the Maharashtra chief minister appointed him as the chairman of a one man high powered committee in the context of farmers’ suicides. The Jadhav Committee Report has been accepted by the government and is being implemented.
He has authored books such as an autobiography, “Untouchables: My family's triumphant journey out of the caste system in modern India” and a biographical novel, “Outcaste.”