Amit Deshmukh

Political career Son of a politician, Amit Deshmukh entered the Maharashtra political scene at a young age. Working from the grassroots, he actively participated in the 1997 Latur Nagar Parishad elections at the age of 21, and was involved in the campaigning for Shivraj Patil in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.

He has been the vice-president of the Youth Congress in the years 2002 and 2008. In 2009, Amit Deshmukh contested from Latur city on a Congress ticket and defeated Kayyum Khan Mohammad Khan Pathan of Bahujan Samaj Party, and Shripad Kulkarni of Shiv Sena by a margin of 89,480 votes. It was the fourth largest victory in Maharashtra.

In December 2019, Deshmukh took oath as a cabinet minister in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

He was the guardian minister of Latur district.

Personal life He is married to actress Aditi Pratap.

Positions held 2009 – present - Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra. 2014 - 2014 - Minister of State, Government of Maharashtra 2014 – present - National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee 2019 – 2022 - Cabinet Minister, Government of Maharashtra