Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Indian politician

Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Minister of Revenue
Government of Maharashtra

Incumbent

Assumed office
15 December 2024
Chief Minister| Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister| Nagpur district
Preceded by| Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
In office
12 August 2022 – 1 July 2025
Preceded by| Chandrakant Patil
Succeeded by| Ravindra Chavan
Minister of Excise
Government of Maharashtra
In office
8 July 2016 – 8 November 2019
Chief Minister| Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by| Eknath Khadse
Succeeded by| Dilip Walse-Patil
Minister of Energy
Government of Maharashtra
In office
4 December 2014 – 8 November 2019
Chief Minister| Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by| Ajit Pawar
Succeeded by| Balasaheb Thorat
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
2 January 2022 – 23 November 2024
Preceded by| Girish Vyas
Constituency| Nagpur Local Authorities
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Incumbent

Assumed office
2024
Preceded by| Tekchand Sawarkar
Constituency| Kamthi
In office
2004–2019
Preceded by| Sulekha Kumbhare
Succeeded by| Tekchand Sawarkar
Constituency| Kamthi
Personal details
Born|  (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969 (age 56)
Koradi, Maharashtra, India
Political party| Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse| Jyoti Bawankule
Children| Payal Bawanklule
Sanket Bawanklule
Occupation| Politician
Website| www.cbawankule.in

Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra[1] and a Member of 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Kamptee Vidhan Sabha. He was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[2] and Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra,[3][4] Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra),[5] and also appointed the Guardian Minister of Nagpur on 26 December 2014.[6]

As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he represented the Kamptee Assembly Constituency, being elected from there in 2004, 2009 & 2014.[7] In 2012, he was made Secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State Unit in Devendra Fadnavis' team. In a cabinet expansion, he was given charge of the state excise department on 10 July 2016.

## Background and family

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Chandrashekhar Bawankule was born in Kamptee into a Marathi Teli family. He is married to Jyoti Bawankule and has two children.

## Early life

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Bawankule was born and raised in a farming family with no 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

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Bawankule's career commenced in earnest in the early nineties, he started "Chhatrapati Sena" and continued its social work till 1994. In 1995, he joined the Bhartiya Janata Party under the leadership of Gopinath Munde and Nitin Gadkari. In the same year, he became the Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, a youth wing of the BJP in Maharashtra.

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, from Kamptee constituency. He was reelected twice, in 2009 and 2014. Due to allegations of corruption, the BJP did not give Bawankule the ticket to contest Assembly elections in 2019. It was given to his wife Jyoti instead, but later rescinded from her as well.

### Positions held

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#### Within BJP

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* President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra, Since 12 August 2022[8][9]
* 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

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* Member, Zilha Parishad, Nagpur (1997 & 2002)
* Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly \- Since 2004-2019
* Cabinet Minister Maharashtra, Energy, New & Renewable Energy
* Guardian Minister of Nagpur
* Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council \- Since 2 Jan. 2022
* Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly \- Since 2024-2029

## References

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1. ^ "Appointed as State President". Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. ^ "Live Kamthi (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs".
3. ^ Energy, New and Renewable Energy, State Excise Archived 18 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 July 2018.
4. ^ "Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers". Mid-Day. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
5. ^ Welcome to Maharashtra State Excise Online Services Retrieved 20 July 2018.
6. ^ Ramu Bhagwat (27 December 2014). "Bawankule is Nagpur district guardian minister". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
7. ^ Kamthi (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections Retrieved 20 July 2018.
8. ^ The Hindu (12 August 2022). "With polls in mind, BJP appoints Chandrashekhar Bawankule as new Maharashtra State President". Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
9. ^ The Indian Express (13 August 2022). "Bawankule appointed new Maharashtra BJP president, Shelar is Mumbai party chief". Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.

Political offices

Preceded by

Devendra Fadnavis

|  Cabinet Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy;
Maharashtra State
2014–2019  | Succeeded by

Balasaheb Thorat

Preceded by

|  Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Nagpur district
2014–2019  | Incumbent