Gopinath Munde

Loknete
Gopinath Munde
Loknete Gopinath Munde
Union Minister of Rural Development
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 3 June 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jairam Ramesh
Succeeded by	Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Union Minister of Panchayati Raj
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 3 June 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kishore Chandra Deo
Succeeded by	Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 3 June 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
Succeeded by	Nitin Gadkari
Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 3 June 2014
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Speaker	Kamal Nath (pro-tem)
Leader of the House	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Mallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded by	Sushma Swaraj
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
	In office; 22 December 2009 – 20 May 2014
President	Pratibha Patil; Pranab Mukherjee;
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Speaker	Meira Kumar
Leader of the Opposition	Sushma Swaraj
Preceded by	Sushma Swaraj
Succeeded by	Gaurav Gogoi (2024)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 16 May 2009 – 3 June 2014
Preceded by	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil
Succeeded by	Pritam Munde
Constituency	Beed, Maharashtra
4th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	In office; 01 February 1999 – 18 October 1999
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Chief Minister	Narayan Rane
Department & Ministry	Home Affairs; State Border Defence (First); Command Area Development (01 February 1999 - 11 May 1999); Disaster Management (01 February 1999 - 11 May 1999); Forests (01 February 1999 - 11 May 1999); Protocol (11 May 1999 - 17 October 1999); Ex-Servicemen Welfare (11 May 1999 - 17 October 1999); Rural Development (11 May 1999 - 17 October 1999); Panchayat Raj (11 May 1999 - 17 October 1999); Special Backward Classes Welfare (11 May 1999 - 17 October 1999); Other Backward Classes (11 May 1999 - 17 October 1999); Khar Land Development (11 May 1999 - 17 October 1999);
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Chhagan Bhujbal
	In office; 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi
Department & Ministry	Home Affairs; Other Backward Classes; Special Backward Classes Welfare;
Preceded by	Ramrao Adik (1983 - 1985)
Succeeded by	Himself
Leader of the House of the ; Maharashtra Legislative Council
	In office; 14 March 1995 – 01 February 1999
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi
Chairman of the House	Jayant Shridhar Tilak; Bhaurao Tulshiram Deshmukh ; (Acting Chairman); N. S. Pharande;
Deputy Leader	Sudhir Joshi
Preceded by	Shivajirao Deshmukh
Succeeded by	Sudhir Joshi
14th Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 12 December 1991 – 14 March 1995
Chief Minister	Sudhakarrao Naik; Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Manohar Joshi
Succeeded by	Madhukar Pichad
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1990–2009
Preceded by	Panditrao Daund
Succeeded by	constituency dissolved
Constituency	Renapur
	In office; 1980–1985
Preceded by	Raghunath Munde
Succeeded by	Panditrao Daund
Constituency	Renapur
Personal details
Born	Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde; 12 December 1949; Parli, Hyderabad State, India; (present-day Maharashtra)
Died	3 June 2014 (aged 64); New Delhi, Delhi, India
Cause of death	Car crash
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Spouse	Pradnya Mahajan (m. 1978)
Relations	Pramod Mahajan (brother-in-law); Dhananjay Munde (nephew)
Children	Pankaja Munde (daughter); Pritam Munde (daughter); Yashashri Munde (daughter)
Website	www.gopinathraomunde.com
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Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde known as "Loknete Munde Saheb" (12 December 1949 – 3 June 2014) was an Indian politician and statesman from the state of Maharashtra. He was the strongest mass-leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) known for his charismatic personality and the ability to deliver heartfelt speeches to connect with the audience.

He held multiple important roles simultaneously as the Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's cabinet until his death.

Munde and his brother-in-law Pramod Mahajan have always been credited for building BJP into a force to be reckoned within the state, where INC & NCP were in power. Gopinath Munde's untimely death created a power vacuum in Maharashtra for the BJP government; for he was the seniormost BJP stalwart who was next in line to become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra; perhaps the only CM candidate at that time. He was the key mediator in creating the BJP - Shiv Sena alliance; while also being the one who united the OBC's of Maharashtra to vote for the alliance.

Munde was well-known for his efforts in curbing the underworld in Mumbai during his tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, overseeing the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1999. He was a key figure in introducing the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), later ratified by the Supreme Court of India.