Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[1] & 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]

Chandrashekhar K. Bawankule
Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra
In office
6 December 2014 – 24 October 2019
GovernorC. Vidyasagar Rao
Ministry of State Excise
In office
July 2015 – 24 October 2019
GovernorC. 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 bySulekha Kumbhare
Personal details
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969
Koradi, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Jyoti Bawankule
ChildrenPayal Bawanklule
Sanket Bawanklule
OccupationLegislator
Websitewww.cbawankule.in

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. Due to allegations of corruption Bawankule was not given ticket for contesting 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

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.

Political career

Bawankule's career commenced in earnest in the early nineties, 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.

Within BJP

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
  1. http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/kamthi.html
  2. Energy, New and Renewable Energy, State Excise Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. "Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers". Mid Day. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. Welcome to Maharashtra State Excise Online Services Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. Ramu Bhagwat (27 December 2014). "Bawankule is Nagpur district guardian minister". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. Kamthi (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections Retrieved 20 July 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
 Cabinet Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy;
Maharashtra State
2014–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
 Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Nagpur district
2014–present		 Incumbent
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