Deorao Madguji Holi

Dr. Deorao Madguji Holi is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Gadchiroli Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He is a medical doctor. The second doctor elected from this constituency, reserved for a Scheduled Tribe candidate, after Saguna Talandi in 2009.[2] His 2014 victory is amongst Vidarbha's top ten in terms of margin.[3]

Deorao Holi
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
for Gadchiroli
Assumed office
2014
Personal details
Born (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970
Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Binarani
ChildrenDevashree, Dipesh
Alma materMBBS
Government Medical College,Nagpur
OccupationDoctor, Politician

Controversy

His election has been challenged in the Bombay High Court by one of the losing candidates Narayanrao Jambhule of the All India Forward Bloc, on the grounds that Holi indulged in irregularities in his capacity as medical officer of Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad.[4]

gollark: "Invalid effective address"? What?
gollark: Well, most of them are in the code.
gollark: How exciting.
gollark: `grafting` instances can synchronize with each other then?
gollark: Thus is only for purposes.

References

  1. "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. Sen, Soumittra S (28 October 2014). "Development, medical sector my priorities: Dr Holi". Times of India. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. Ganjapure, Vaibhav (23 October 2014). "Rathod, Naik win with record margins in Vid". Times of India. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  4. "आमदार डॉ. देवराव होळींच्या निवडीला आव्हान". Loksatta (in Marathi). 9 December 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
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