Gopinath Munde

Trivia

• Gopinath Munde has friends in almost all the parties and currently he is the general secretary and prabhari of maharastra state of Bhartiya Janata Party.
• Under his leadership, party changed its status from cadre based party to a mass movement.he is elected to loksabha with highest votes in india in 2009 elections from beed constituency.
• Gopinath Munde was instrumental in expanding Bharatiya Janata Party at the grass root level in Maharashtra along with Pramod Mahajan.
• He is seen as the dominant leader in indian politics. At present he is MP from Beed.
• At present Gopinath Munde is one of the biggest leaders of Other Backward Castes in india.
• He hails from the Beed district of Maharashtra. He is a strong mass leader in india.
• Gopinath Munde is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and is the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state in India.

Quotes

• "Revenue and Cooperation. That is because I believe these two ministries are very important for the overall development of the state. However, I agreed to look after Home and Energy since there were challenges facing these departments."
• "No. Far from it. She is a perfect housewife looking after the daughters and me. Her entire universe is our family. She reads newspapers only to find what appears about me. She does not try to influence my administrative or political decisions. She does not interfere in my work. This is particularly significant when you consider that Pradnya had politics in her family. (Her brother Pramod Mahajan, now I & B Minister, has been in active politics since his Jana Sangh days.) For me, she is today as
• "When Pradnya said yes to my proposal to marry her. We knew each other for quite some time. We did anticipate that many people around us would not like our marriage since we belonged to different communities that lived in the tradition-bound rural set up. You can not imagine how elated I was when she responded to my proposal against this background."
• "The agitation against authorities of my college. It had sparked off violence that led to police firing. I feel I was not at fault, others may not feel that way. I do not know who was wrong. Yet, it pains me when I remember the day of the violence."
• "I would protest when my younger brother would get more share of sweets. I would not let anyone in the family to do anything else till I was given equal share. My grandfather would thrash me whenever I threw tantrums, but I would not budge till I had my way. I remember the day when my father, Pandurangrao, and my grandmother took me on foot to the nearby village. There was a flooded river to cross. My father sought to hold my hand lest I should be swept away. I felt insulted that I was not allow
• "No. I have acted in a couple of plays during my college days. Beyond that, I have no inclination in performing arts, drawing or paintings etc. For me, politics is an art, not a business as in the case of many of my contemporaries."
• "Same as in our childhood. Some of them are commoners. Still, we share joys and sorrows whenever we can meet. I have friends in various towns of the state. Even now, I try to stay with them in their small houses when I visit these places. We are still on first name basis."
• "Not that I know of. If they want to, I will expect them to be on their own. I have left the choice of their career to themselves. I do not want to perpetuate family rule in BJP."
• "Tour the world and show them the best things on this planet. We have seen most of India, but I have not been able to go abroad with my wife and children."
• "Most of the time, they bear with me patiently. Only the youngest daughter, Yashashri, revolts. Some times, she manages to succeed. I do not complain when she succeeds. She has this nature to fight back injustice, just as I have."