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The political journey of Congress leader Narayan Rane

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Senior Congress leader Narayan Rane, who had submitted his resignation from the post of Industries minister in a bid to revolt against Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan a fortnight ago, put an end to speculations about him leaving the party by officially withdrawing his resignation on Tuesday?. 

Rane and Shiv Sena
Before joining politics, Narayan Rane was a member of the Harya-Narya gang, which was active in Chembur, in north-east Bombay in the 1960s. In his early twenties, Rane entered politics to take on rival gangsters and joined the Shiv Sena. With time, Rane, who started his journey as a 'shakha pramukh', was promoted in the party, and since then he has climbed the ladder of success. 

Rane becomes chief minister
The growing popularity of Rane as a young dynamic leader caught the eye of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. With the exit of Chagan Bhujbal from the Shiv Sena in 1991, Rane gradually rose up the party ranks. He worked at various positions, including municipal corporator, MLA and minister. In 1999, when Manohar Joshi stepped down from the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Narayan Rane succeeded him.

Differences with Uddhav Thackeray 
After Uddhav Thackeray was chosen as the working president of the Shiv Sena, Rane publicly criticised the decision and differences arose within the party as he questioned Uddhav's administrative abilities. Because of this, Rane was expelled on July 3, 2005 from the party in which he had spent 39 years of his political career. Subsequently, he also resigned from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Rane joins Congress
In 2005, Rane joined the Congress after he quit the Shiv Sena, with the expectation that he would get the chief minister's chair. Soon after, Rane was handed over the charge of Revenue minister on August 16, 2005, Succeeding Patangrao Kadam. 

Rane sought re-election from his Malvan seat in the Konkan region on a Congress ticket and won with a lead of over 50,000 votes despite a well-fought and organised campaign by the Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena candidate Parshuram Uparkar even lost his deposit. It was the first time in the history of Shiv Sena that the rebel had won. Later, Rane was roped in as the Industries minister of the state. 

Rane suspended from the Congress
Rane was suspended from the Congress party in 2008, when he had attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi after failing to become chief minister of Maharashtra, following the removal of Vilasrao Deshmukh which saw Ashok Chavan getting the coveted job in the state. But his suspension was revoked in a few months. 

Launched his own newspaper Prahaar
In October 2008, Rane launched the Marathi daily Prahaar, under the banner of Rane Prakashan Pvt Ltd

July 2014 : Rane quits Prithviraj Chavan's cabinet
Rane, who is upset with the party's central leadership, which had not been paying attention to his demand of overhauling the party before the Assembly polls, submitted his resignation as the Maharashtra Industries Minister to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. But he said that he would continue to be part of the Congress party.

Why did Rane resign?
Rane says the Congress faced a huge blow in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. After that, the government should have taken some stringent steps to ensure that the same situation does not arise in the upcoming Assembly elections, but no such efforts were made by the party. He believes that a situation similar to the one during the Lok Sabha polls might arise during the Assembly elections and therefore, he doesn't want to be minister in a party that might lose the Assembly elections.

Rane expresses his displeasure over the Congress
Rane expressed his anger over the party, which he had joined nine years previously, as he had been told that he would be made chief minister within six months. But even after all these years, he had not been considered for the post. He also says, "The MLAs who came with me did not get any ministry portfolio. I am angry because injustice was done to people who came along with me."

Rane criticises Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan over his functioning
Rane criticised Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan over his functioning, saying public work projects were consistently delayed. Implementations on decisions taken three years ago are still pending. There is a problem in the administrative functioning and government officials are not working efficiently.

Rane's political journey:

1968: Joined Shiv Sena at the age of 16

1968: Took charge of Shiv Sena's Chembur Shakha as Shaka Pramukh

1985 to 1990: Corporator of the Shiv Sena and was also appointed as the President of 'BEST'

1990-95: Elected as an MLA

1990-95: Also served as the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly

1996-99: Appointed as the Revenue Minister during Sena-BJP regime 

1999: Appointed as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra

2005: Left the Shiv Sena after differences with the Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackrey 

2005: Joined Congress party

2005: Elected to Maharashtra Assembly with a huge margin from Malwan constituency.

2005: Appointed as the Revenue Minister

2007: Rebelled again the then Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh 

2009: Was appointed as Industries Minister

2014: After the defeat of his son Nilesh Rane in the Lok Sabha election, resigned from the post of Industries minister

July 2014: Submitted his resignation for the second time, but withdrew it within a fortnight.

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