| Office | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 2009
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| Predecessor | Dr. Vinay Natu
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| Constituency | Guhagar
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| Born | 1957-8-1 (age 69)
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Shiv Sena
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| Children | 1
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| Website | http://www.bhaskarjadhav.com |
Bhaskar Jadhav is an Indian politician and former Minister for Labour & Special Assistance, Maharashtra State. He is also the ex-president of Maharashtra state unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and MLA of Maharashtra from Guhagar. Formerly he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development, Forest, Port, Sports, Parliamentary Affairs, Youth Welfare, Ex-Defence Welfare, Law & Order, Fisheries and Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.
Jadhav was member of assembly from Chiplun constituency.[1] Following the clashes with the leadership, he quit Shivsena and contested assembly election as an independent candidate in 2004. He lost by 3000 votes to NCP candidate Ramesh Kadam. It was for the first time that a Shivsena candidate lost deposit in Konkan region. Prabhakar Shinde was an official Shivsena candidate.
After some years of 2004 elections, Bhaskar Jadhav joined NCP. He was elected as member of legislative council representing Konkan Local Bodies constituency. In 2009 assembly elections, NCP fielded him as a candidate from Guhagar constituency where he won by 12000 votes defeating the then Leader of Opposition Ramdas Kadam and a strong BJP rebel, 4th time sitting MLA Vinay Natu.[2]
Bhaskar Jadhav had also won the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award. [3]
In September 2019, Jadhav joined Shiv Sena.[4]
Positions held
- 1992: Elected as Member of Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad
- 1995: Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly [1]
- 1999: Re-Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly [1]
- 2006: Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
- 2009: Re-Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly [2]
- 2009: Appointed as Minister of state for Urban Development, Forest, Port, Sports, Parliamentary Affairs, Youth Welfare, Ex-Defence Welfare, Fisheries, Law & Order[5]
- 2009: Appointed as Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri District
- 2013: Appointed as Maharashtra State President of NCP
- 2014: Re-Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly [2]
- 2019: Re-Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Live Chiplun (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs. www.elections.in.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Live Guhagar (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs. www.elections.in.
- ↑ Bhaskar Jadhav named Maharashtra NCP chief; Awhad working president. mid-day.com(15 June 2013).
- ↑ Former NCP state chief Bhaskar Jadhav to join Shiv Sena today. India Today(13 September 2019).
- ↑ From truck cleaner to minister. DNA India(20 February 2013). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in.