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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Chhagan Bhujbal
| native_name_lang = mr
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Chagan Bhujbal.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| office = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Cabinet Minister]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| minister = * [[Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection (Maharashtra)|Food & Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs]]
| term_start = 28 November 2019
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| governor = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| predecessor = [[Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar]]
| successor =
|office1 = Guardian minister of Nashik District
[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| constituency1 = [[Yeola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yeola]]
| term_start1 = 09 January 2020
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Girish Mahajan]]
| successor1 =

| office3 = 5th [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
| term_start3 = 8 December 2008
| term_end3 = 10 November 2010
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Ashok Chavan]]
| governor3 = [[S. C. Jamir]] [[K. Sankaranarayanan]]
| predecessor3 = [[R. R. Patil]]
| successor3 = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| term_start4 = 18 October 1999
| term_end4 = 23 December 2003
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| governor4 = * [[P.C. Alexander]]
* [[Mohammed Fazal]]
| predecessor4 = [[Gopinath Munde]]
| successor4 = [[Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil]]
| office5 = Minister of Public Works Department [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start5 = 1 November 2004
| term_end5 = 26 September 2014
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] [[Ashok Chavan]] [[Prithviraj Chavan]]
| predecessor5 = [[Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil]]
| successor5 = [[Eknath Shinde]]
| office6 = Minister of Home Affairs [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start6 = 18 October 1999
| term_end6 = 23 December 2003
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata6 = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| predecessor6 = [[Gopinath Munde]]
| successor6 = [[R R Patil]]
| party = [[Nationalist Congress Party]]{{small|(1999–present)}}
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1991-1999)}}, [[Shiv Sena]] {{small|(1966-1991)}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1947|10|15}}
| birth_place = [[Nashik]], [[Bombay State]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
}}

'''Chhagan Bhujbal''' (born 15 October 1947)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Telgi-scam-CBI-grills-Bhujbal/articleshow/980756.cms|title=Telgi scam: CBI grills Bhujbal
|accessdate=26 October 2010 | work=The Times of India|date=4 January 2005}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Maharashtra]]. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister of Food and Civil Supply, Consumer Affairs in [[Government of Maharashtra]] and Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from [[Yeola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yeola Assembly]]. He also served as the [[List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] from 18 October 1999 – 23 December 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bhujbal.wordpress.com/|title=Chhagan Bhujbal : Chhagan Bhujbal The Prominent Deputy Chief Minister of Maharastra|website=Chhagan Bhujbal : Chhagan Bhujbal The Prominent Deputy Chief Minister of Maharastra|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://nashik.gov.in/htmldocs/peo_represen.htm Official WebSite of Nashik District] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915033253/http://nashik.gov.in/htmldocs/peo_represen.htm |date=15 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-fall-and-fall-of-chhagan-bhujbal-the-seven-people-who-brought-him-down-2676306.html|title=The fall and fall of Chhagan Bhujbal: The seven people who brought the NCP strongman down|website=Firstpost.com|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in [[Government of Maharashtra]].

==Political career==
Bhujbal is an [[Other Backward Class|OBC]] leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/obc-community-to-hold-rally-in-chhagan-bhujbal-s-support-on-oct-3-116092800315_1.html|title= Chhagan Bhujbal - The OBC Leader|website=Business Standard|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref>
He started his political career from [[Shiv Sena]] in the 1960s. Before entering politics, Bhujbal was a vegetable vendor in [[Byculla]] Market where his mother had a small fruit shop. After Diploma in Civil Engineering from [[VJTI]], [[Mumbai]]{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} and being influenced by Shiv Sena philosophy and more particularly, by [[Balasaheb Thackeray]], Bhujbal was evolved into a hardcore Shiv Sainik. He was amongst initial members of [[Shiv Sena]].

Bhujbal started his political career with the [[Shiv Sena]] party. He left the party in 1991 and joined the [[Indian National Congress]]. Later, after the [[Indian National Congress]] leader [[Sharad Pawar]] decided to split from the Congress and form his own party, the [[Nationalist Congress Party]], Bhujbal went along with him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/Mumbai/maharashtra-ncp%E2%80%88missed-bhujbals-leadership-says-ajit-pawar/1270795|title=Maharashtra: NCP missed Bhujbal’s leadership, says Ajit Pawar|website=freepressjournal.in|date=5 May 2018|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>

During his work as Corporator, Bhujbal maintained consistent contact, communication with rank and file of his constituency and its neighbourhood{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}. Later he was elected as [[Mayor of Mumbai]] twice{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}.

He was among the earliest MLAs of Shiv Sena elected from [[Mazgaon]] first in 1985 & again in 1990.

Bhujbal contested in 2014 General Elections from Nashik Constituency and lost the race to Hemant Godse from Shiv Sena.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/results/nashik-mh.html|title=2014 Nashik Lok Sabha Constituency Results|date=January 2020}}</ref>

Bhujbal is currently Member of Legislative Assembly from Yeola Constituency and is incumbent since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://220.225.73.214/pdff/results.pdf|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website|accessdate=30 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122084331/http://220.225.73.214/pdff/results.pdf|archive-date=22 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://103.23.150.139/Site/Upload/PDF/WinningCandidate_GAE_2014.pdf|script-title=hi:महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा सािवविक वनिडणूक 2014|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website|date=January 2020|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/Downloads/AC2019/List_of_Winning_Candidates_Gazette_AC_2019.pdf|title=Schedule to Commission's Notification No. 308/MT-LA/2019|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website|date=January 2020}}</ref>

== Enforcement Directorate proceedings ==
In December 2017, [[Enforcement Directorate]] attached assets worth 20.41 crore rupees belonging to the Bhujbal family under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ed-attaches-rs-20-crore-assets-in-chhagan-bhujbal-pmla-case/articleshow/61928912.cms?from=mdr|title=ED attaches Rs 20 crore assets in Chhagan Bhujbal PMLA case|date=January 2020}}</ref>

==Criticism==

===Allegations of deteriorating law & order situation in Nashik===
Nashik known to be a peaceful district, where law & order situation has collapsed under Bhujbals' political clout. It is witnessing recession in all sectors. Daylight robberies, armed attacks, chain-snatchings and setting of two- and four-wheelers on fire have become routine.<ref name="toi_chhagan">{{cite news|title=Bhujbals or cop chief to blame for Nashik woes?|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-31/mumbai/31008875_1_chhagan-bhujbal-ips-officials-penal-rent|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103092319/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-31/mumbai/31008875_1_chhagan-bhujbal-ips-officials-penal-rent|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]| date=31 January 2012}}</ref>

In view of the criticism of the home department, chief minister [[Prithviraj Chavan]] sent police commissioner Vinod Lokhande on leave for his dismal performance, while Samir Bhujbal demanded a CID probe into the collapse of law and order. But a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) official said that when each and every police official has been appointed on the family's recommendations, why should the home department be blamed? Chhagan Bhujbal must accept responsibility and initiate measures to restore the people's confidence.<ref name="toi_chhagan"/>

===Alleged misuse and mismanagement of trust property===
In 2012, Mumbai Educational Trust (MET) filed a criminal complaint against Chhagan Bhujbal, alleging misuse and mismanagement of trust property for family-run furniture business and destruction of evidence in connection.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bhujbal accused of 'destroying evidence'|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-04/mumbai/31024290_1_chhagan-bhujbal-furniture-trust-property|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701130807/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-04/mumbai/31024290_1_chhagan-bhujbal-furniture-trust-property|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|accessdate=4 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 February 2012}}</ref>

=== Attack on Alpha Marathi ===
On 23 Dec 2003, Chhagan Bhujbal resigned from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, owning the moral responsibility of attack on Alpha Marathi office in Andheri, Mumbai. A group of workers belonging to the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) attacked the office of Alpha Marathi, which belongs to the Zee group. They were upset with the channel for airing a satire on Bhujbal's alleged role in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam. NCP president [[Sharad Pawar]] told the media on Tuesday night that Bhujbal had sought his permission to resign on moral grounds. Chhagan Bhujbal handed over his resignation to then [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/24/stories/2003122408360100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040422183626/http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/24/stories/2003122408360100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 April 2004 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=NCP activists attack Zee TV office; Bhujbal resigns | date=24 December 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-12-24/pune/27202009_1_chhagan-bhujbal-stamp-scam-zee-group | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707035957/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-12-24/pune/27202009_1_chhagan-bhujbal-stamp-scam-zee-group | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Bhujbal quits after TV office attack | date=24 December 2003}}</ref>

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before=[[Gopinath Munde]]|
title=[[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]|
years=18 October 1999 – 24 December 2003|
after=[[Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil]]|
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before=[[Gopinath Munde]]|
title=[[Minister of Home Affairs]]|
years=18 October 1999 – 24 December 2003|
after=[[R. R. Patil]]
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before=[[Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil]]|
title=[[Minister of Public Works]]|
years=1 November 2004 – 26 September 2014 |
after=[[Eknath Shinde]]
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before=[[R. R. Patil]]|
title=[[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]|
years=8 December 2008 – 10 November 2010|
after=[[Ajit Pawar]]
}}
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