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|name = Chandrashekhar K. Bawankule<br />
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|image = <br />
|website = www.cbawankule.in<br />
|caption =<br />
|office = [[Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra]]<br />
|governor = [[Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao|C. Vidyasagar Rao]]<br />
|term_start = 6 December 2014<br />
|term_end = 24 October 2019<br />
|office1 = Ministry of State Excise<br />
|governor1 = [[Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao|C. Vidyasagar Rao]]<br />
|predecessor1 = <br />
|term_start1 = July 2015<br />
|term_end1 = 24 October 2019<br />
|office2 = Guardian Minister of Nagpur<br />
|predecessor2 = <br />
|term_start2 = 26 December 2014<br />
|term_end2 = 24 October 2019<br />
|constituency_AM3 = [[Kamthi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kamthi]]<br />
|assembly3 = Maharashtra Legislative<br />
|term_start3 = (2004-2009),(2009-2014),(2014<br />
|term_end3 =2019)<br />
|predecessor3 = [[Sulekha Kumbhare]]<br />
|constituency_AM4 = [[Kamthi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kamthi]]<br />
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|01|13|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = Koradi, [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] <br />
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />
|occupation = Legislator <br />
|spouse = Jyoti Bawankule<br />
|children = Payal Bawanklule<br />Sanket Bawanklule<br />
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'''Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule''' was a member of the 13th [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]<ref>http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/kamthi.html</ref> & Minister for [[Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra]],<ref>[http://www.goldenmaharashtra.in/ministries/non-conventional-energy-state-excise/ Energy, New and Renewable Energy, State Excise] Retrieved 20 July 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/declared-portfolios-of-maharashtra-government-ministers/15821176|title=Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers|work=[[Mid-Day]]|date=6 December 2014|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> State Excise,<ref>[https://exciseservices.mahaonline.gov.in/ Welcome to Maharashtra State Excise Online Services] Retrieved 20 July 2018.</ref> and also appointed as Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Bawankule-is-Nagpur-district-guardian-minister/articleshow/45654676.cms|author=Ramu Bhagwat|title=Bawankule is Nagpur district guardian minister|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=TNN|date=27 December 2014|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>[http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/kamthi.html Kamthi (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections] Retrieved 20 July 2018.</ref> 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.<br />
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==Background and family==<br />
Chandrashekhar Bawankule was born in Kamthi into a Marathi Teli family.<br />
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Chandrashekhar Bawankule married Jyoti. He has a daughter and son.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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===Positions held===<br />
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====Within [[BJP]]====<br />
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*[[Vice President]], [[BJYM]] Nagpur District (1995)<br />
*[[General Secretary]], BJP Nagpur District<br />
*[[President (corporate title)|President]], [[Bhartiya Janata Party]], Nagpur District<br />
*Secretary, Maharashtra BJP State Unit (2012-2014)<br />
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====Legislative====<br />
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*Member, Zilha Parishad, Nagpur (1997 & 2002)<br />
*Member, [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] - Since 2004<br />
*Cabinet Minister Maharashtra, Energy, New & Renewable Energy<br />
*Guardian Minister of Nagpur<br />
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