Chandrashekhar Bawankule
Chandrashekhar K. Bawankule | |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra | |
| In office 6 December 2014 – 24 October 2019 | |
| Governor | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| Ministry of State Excise | |
| In office July 2015 – 24 October 2019 | |
| Governor | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| Guardian Minister of Nagpur | |
| In office 26 December 2014 – 24 October 2019 | |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Kamthi | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Kamthi | |
| Assumed office 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Sulekha Kumbhare |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1969 Koradi, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Jyoti Bawankule |
| Children | Payal Bawanklule Sanket Bawanklule |
| Occupation | Legislator |
| Website | www.cbawankule.in |
Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[1] & currently Minister for Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra,[2][3] State Excise,[4] and also appointed as Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.[5]
He represented the Kamthi Assembly Constituency and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was his third term as Member of Legislative Assembly since 2004, 2009 & 2014. Bawankule was not given ticket for fighting Assembly election by BJP, it was given to his wife Jyoti, she filled the form for 2019 assembly election from Kamthi, but at the last moment after her form filling, Jyoti was denied AB form by BJP.[6] He was Secretary of Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State Unit in Devendra Fadnavis Team in 2012. In cabinet expansion he was given state excise department charge on 10 July 2016.
Background and family
Chandrashekhar Bawankule was born in Kamthi into a Marathi Teli family.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule married Jyoti. He has a daughter and son.
Early life
Chandrashekherji K. Bawankule was born & brought up in a farmers' family with a non-political background. Koradi located near Nagpur is the place where he pursued his higher education in the stream of Science & completed first year. He had started his social work with his first group named “Chhatrapati Sena” and his first movement for to fight for the supply of electricity to the Remote Areas. 1995 was the year he entered Bharatiya Janata Party
Political career
Bawankule's career commenced in earnest in the early nineties, he started movement for supply of Electricity and went behind the bars in 1990. He started “Chhatrapati Sena” and continued its social work till 1994 without any self-interest. Then he joined Bhartiya Janata Party under leadership of Late Gopinath Munde & Nitin Gadkari in 1995 and became Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha a youth wing of the BJP in Maharashtra in 1995.
In 1997 & 2002, Bawankule was elected as a District Council Member. In 2004, he was elected to the Maharashtra state assembly for the first time. He is currently serving his third term as MLA as of 2014. Bawankule was sworn in as the Minister for Energy, New & Renewable Energy of Maharashtra from the BJP on 6 December 2014.
Positions held
Within BJP
- Vice President, BJYM Nagpur District (1995)
- General Secretary, BJP Nagpur District
- President, Bhartiya Janata Party, Nagpur District
- Secretary, Maharashtra BJP State Unit (2012-2014)
Legislative
- Member, Zilha Parishad, Nagpur (1997 & 2002)
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - Since 2004
- Cabinet Minister Maharashtra, Energy, New & Renewable Energy
- Guardian Minister of Nagpur
References
- ^ http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/kamthi.html
- ^ Energy, New and Renewable Energy, State Excise Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers". Mid Day. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Welcome to Maharashtra State Excise Online Services Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Ramu Bhagwat (27 December 2014). "Bawankule is Nagpur district guardian minister". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Kamthi (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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