About Narayan Rane
Narayan Tatu Rane is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg. He was a Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He formerly served as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Second Modi ministry. He has previously held Cabinet Ministry positions for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment; Revenue; and Industry in the Government of Maharashtra. Under the BJP-Shiv Sena coalition government, Rane first received the Revenue Ministry portfolio. Prithviraj Chavan appointed Rane as Minister of Industry in his first ministry, elevating Balasheb Thorat to Rane's old Revenue portfolio. Rane's petition, filed through his counsel Aniket Nikam, sought to quash multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against him across Maharashtra. In a 2005 by-election, he won re-election from his old Malvan seat in the Konkan region on a Congress ticket.
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