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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Charan Waghmare
|native_name=
|native_name_lang=mr
| image =
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1972|01|08|df=y}}
|birth_place=
| residence =Kandri, Tah- Mohadi, [[Bhandara district]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency_AM1 = [[Tumsar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tumsar]]
| assembly1 = Maharashtra Legislative
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = Raju Karemore
| term_start1 = 30 December 2014
| term_end1 = 24 October 2019
|Legislative profession =
| occupation = [[Legislator]]
| religion =
| party = [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Vijayshree Waghmare
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 28 July |
| year = 2016 |
| source =
}}
'''Charan Waghmare''' is a politician who served as a member of the 13th [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] from 2014 to 2019. He was elected as MLA from the [[Tumsar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tumsar]] Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjp-cong-expel-top-rebels-in-vid/articleshow/71530322.cms</ref> In 2012, Waghmare was chairman of finance and works committee of [[Bhandara Zilla Parishad]].<ref name="TOI-20120726">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Supreme-Court-dismisses-appeal-by-minister-Ranjit-Kamble/articleshow/15150576.cms|title=Supreme Court dismisses appeal by minister Ranjit Kamble|date=2012-07-26|work=Times of India|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref> In 2014 he was president of [[Bhandara district]] BJP.<ref name="TOI-20140325">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Rivals-vow-to-give-NCPs-Praful-Patel-run-for-his-money/articleshow/32621069.cms|title=Rivals vow to give NCP's Praful Patel run for his money|last=Roy|first=Ashish|date=2014-03-25|work=Times of India|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
Waghmare was chairman of the works committee of [[Bhandara Zilla Parishad]] (BZP) between June–July 2010 to January 2013. When he finished his term in 2019, he opened a branch of Vikas Foundation 2019.

==2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly==
For the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, BJP denied ticket for the [[Tumsar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tumsar]] Assembly Constituency to Charan Waghmare, instead chose Pradeep Motiram Padole.<ref>https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/maharashtra/tumsar-election-result-s13a060/</ref> In the aftermath, Charan Waghmare decided to contest the election as an independent candidate. He narrowly lost to sitting MLA Raju Karemore. Charan Waghmare was subsequently expelled from BJP for contesting the election as an independent candidate.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjp-cong-expel-top-rebels-in-vid/articleshow/71530322.cms</ref>

==Controversy==
Waghmare was chairman of the works committee of [[Bhandara Zilla Parishad]] (BZP) between June–July 2010 to January 2013. As chairman, he was entitled to reimbursement of rent for the period of his chairmanship. According to a news story in Nagpur Today, Waghmare showed that he was a tenant in his wife's house and claimed rent of Rs. 4500 per month from the BZP. A rent agreement was drawn between the chief officer of the BZP and Waghmare's wife Vijayshree Waghmare for the purpose. Waghmare was paid a total of Rs. 1,40,000.<ref name="NT-20140922">{{cite news|url=http://www.nagpurtoday.in/lived-in-your-house-and-collect-rent-from-the-district-council/09221946|title=भंडारा : रहते थे अपने घर में और किराया वसूलते थे जिला परिषद से|date=2014-09-22|work=Nagpur Today|language=Hindi|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>

On September 28, 2019, Charan Waghmare was arrested by Tumsar police for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman police official. The alleged incident happened on September 16, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-bjp-mla-arrested-for-abusing-woman-cop-1604290-2019-09-28|title=Maharashtra BJP MLA arrested for abusing woman cop|date=September 28, 2019|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09|last3=Ist|first3=2019 19:29}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:People from Bhandara district]]
[[Category:Maharashtra district councillors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:1972 births]]

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