Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Indian politician

Chandrashekhar K. Bawankule

President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra

Incumbent

Assumed office
12 August 2022
Preceded by| Chandrakant Patil
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council

Incumbent

Assumed office
2 January 2022
Preceded by| Girish Vyas
Constituency| Nagpur Local Authorities
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 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2004–2019
Preceded by| Sulekha Kumbhare
Succeeded by| Tekchand Sawarkar
Constituency| Kamthi
Personal details
Born|  (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969 (age 54)
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 is President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra[1] and Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council representing Nagpur Local Authorities [2] on 2nd January 2022. He was member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[3] & Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra,[4][5] Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra),[6] and also appointed Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.[7]

A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he represented the Kamthi Assembly Constituency, being elected from there in 2004, 2009 & 2014.[8] He was made Secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State Unit in Devendra Fadnavis' team in 2012. In a cabinet expansion, he was given charge of the state excise department on 10 July 2016.

## Background and family[edit]

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

## Early life[edit]

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[edit]

Bawankule's career commenced in earnest in the early nineties, he started “Chhatrapati Sena” and continued its social work till 1994. Then he joined Bhartiya Janata Party under the leadership of Gopinath Munde and Nitin Gadkari in 1995, becoming 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, from Kamthi 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[edit]

#### Within BJP[edit]

* President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra, Since 12th August 2022
* 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[edit]

* 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 2nd Jan., 2022

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Appointed as State President". Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. ^ "Declared Member of Legislative Council". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
3. ^ "Live Kamthi (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs".
4. ^ Energy, New and Renewable Energy, State Excise Archived 18 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 July 2018.
5. ^ "Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers". Mid-Day. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
6. ^ Welcome to Maharashtra State Excise Online Services Retrieved 20 July 2018.
7. ^ Ramu Bhagwat (27 December 2014). "Bawankule is Nagpur district guardian minister". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
8. ^ 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