Nitesh Narayan Rane

Nitesh Narayan Rane

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Nitesh Narayan Rane Profile

  • Name:
  • Nitesh Narayan Rane
  • Born:
  • June 23, 1982

Nitesh Narayan Rane Biography

Nitesh Narayan Rane is a young politician from Maharashtra belonging to Indian National Congress. He is the younger son of prominent congress politician, Narayan Rane. His elder brother Nilesh Narayan Rane is also a noted congress politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha. Nitesh heads the NGO - "Swabhiman Sanghatana" which aims at employment and better living conditions. Rane got elected to state assembly elections 2014, though his father faced a major defeat from BJP candidate. Nitesh represents Kankavli vidhansabha constituency and it is his first major win. 


Nitesh Rane was born in Mumbai in 1982 to a famous politician, Narayan Rane. He completed MBA abroad. Once he returned back he decided to join active politics and he supported his father when he quit Shiv Sena to join Congress. Nitesh is a founding member of Swabhiman Sanghatana, which aims at youth unemployment, health and other basic requirements. The organization also arranged job fairs and set a record in Guinness book of World Records by giving jobs to more than 25000 candidates. He became the general secretary of Youth Congress and later resigned the position due to some conflicts. His organization launched a toll free helpline to register water complaints from suppliers. 


To promote Marathi cinema and theater, he started "Maharashtra Kalanidhi", alongside the theatre personality Anant Panshikar. He launched Sindhudurg Tour Guide aiming to give jobs to local people of the place. As a media person, he has always remained in limelight. He protested the release of the Marathi film Zenda in 2009. Nitesh stood for the state assembly elections for the first time in 2014 and won from Kankavli vidhansabha constituency. He won by margin of over 25,000 votes.

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Updated: October 24, 2014

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