19 Facts About Narayan Rane

Narayan Tatu Rane was born on 10 April 1952 and is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg.

Narayan Rane formerly served as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Second Modi ministry.

Narayan Rane has previously held Cabinet Ministry positions for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment; Revenue; and Industry in the Government of Maharashtra.

Narayan Rane was a member of Shiv Sena and opposition leader of Vidhan Sabha until July 2005, when he joined Indian National Congress party.

Narayan Rane quit Congress in September 2017 and launched the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha.

Narayan Rane was born to Tatu Sitaram Rane and Laxmibai Rane in Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Under the BJP-Shiv Sena coalition government, Narayan Rane first received the Revenue Ministry portfolio.

Narayan Rane succeeded Manohar Joshi as Chief Minister in 1999, when Joshi was forced to resign due to a land use controversy.

Later that year, the BJP-Sena alliance led by Narayan Rane lost the October 1999 Maharashtra elections to an INC-NCP coalition.

Relations between Thackeray and Narayan Rane finally ruptured completely in 2005, when Narayan Rane submitted his resignation from the party.

Narayan Rane joined the Indian National Congress in 2005, receiving his old post as Revenue Minister under the Second Deshmukh Ministry.

Narayan Rane accused Congress leadership of breaching its promises to make him Chief Minister, and was suspended by the party.

Narayan Rane resigned from the Cabinet in July 2014 over differences with the party's leadership on the INC's campaign effort.

The BJP and SHS went on to claim victory in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, in which Narayan Rane lost his bid for re-election to a Shiv Sena candidate.

On 21 September 2017, Narayan Rane resigned both from the INC and from his membership on the Maharashtra Legislative Council.

Temporarily without a party, Narayan Rane formed a new political party in October 2017 called the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha and indicated it would ally with Bharatiya Janata Party.

However, when Narayan Rane ran for Rajya Sabha in 2018, he did so under a BJP party line.

Narayan Rane merged his party, Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, with the Bharatiya Janata Party on October 15,2019.

Narayan Rane launched the Marathi daily Prahaar on 8 October 2008, under the ownership of Narayan Rane Prakashan Pvt.