Bunty Bhangdiya

Kirti Kumar Mitesh[1] Bunty Bhangdiya is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chimur Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] He was the richest candidate from Vidarbha in the 2014 elections.[3] Bhangdiya was founder and head of "Yuvashakti Sanghatna" a political organisation that held power in the Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad in 2014. In August 2014, Bhangdiya joined the BJP.[4][5] Bhangdiya's father Mitesh Bhangdiya is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council, from the Chandrapur- Gadchiroli- Wardha local body constituency (2012-2018) who also belongs to the BJP. Mitesh Bhangdiya is amongst the leading irrigation contractors in the Vidarbha-Marathwada region.[6]

On 21 August 2017, Bhangdiya and several of his supporters were charged with assaulting an Indian National Congress leader and several of his own supporters in Chandrapur.[7]

References
  1. "बंटी भांगडियांचा यांचा अखेर भाजपप्रवेश". Gadchiroli Varta (in Marathi). 17 August 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. Choudhari, Abhishek (14 October 2014). "BJP's Bhangdiya with Rs 88 crore assets is richest Vidarbha candidate". Times of India. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "युवाशक्तीची भाजपला साथ". Navshakti (in Marathi). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "मोहन मते, बंटी भांगडिया यांचा आज भाजपप्रवेश". Sakal (in Marathi). 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "Council polls: NCP scores big while complacent Cong suffers". The Free Press Journal. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjp-mla-booked-for-attacking-cong-workers/articleshow/60165489.cms
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