Chhagan Bhujbal

Chhagan Bhujbal (Hindi: छगन भुजबळ) (born October 15, 1947) is a politician from the state of Maharashtra, India. He is one of the leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party, and is currently the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is also the Public Works Minister of Maharashtra.

Bhujbal started his political career with the Shiv Sena party. He left the party in 1991 and joined the Indian National Congress. Later, after the Indian National Congress leader Sharad Pawar decided to split from the Congress and form his own party, the Nationalist Congress Party, Bhujbal went along with him. Chagan Bhujbal is a powerful OBC leader and has mass base in Maharshtra.He belongs to the 'Mali community'. The Mali community is a farmer caste of maharashtra and most of the people are related to varkari sampraday.

Preceded by Gopinath Munde	Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra 18 October 1999 – 24 December 2003	Succeeded by Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil
Preceded by Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil	Minister of Public Works 1 November 2004 –	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by R. R. Patil	Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra 8 December 2008 –	Succeeded by incumbent