| Office | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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|---|---|
| Term start | 2004 |
| Term end | 2009
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| Successor | Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar
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| Constituency | Kolhapur North
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| Political party | Template:Bulleted list
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Malojiraje Chhatrapati (also known as Chhatrapati Malojiraje Shahu[1]) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is the secretary of All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society.
Biography
Malojirate Chhatrapati belongs to the Kolhapur royal family,[2] and is a descendant of the Shahu of Kolhapur.[3] In 2004, he entered the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly with a ticket from Indian National Congress, defeating the Shiv Sena. He participated in the 2009 elections and lost to Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar which made him to ignore politics.[4] The Congress offered him ticket to contest the Maharashtra assembly elections again in 2014, however, he was seen writing a letter to Manikrao Thakre, the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee stating that he has been very less active in politics.[2] Earlier, he had led the party at a municipal corporation level.[4]
In January 2021, Chhatrapati re-entered the politics again and participated in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation elections. He is the secretary of Pune based All India Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial Society.[4]
References
- ↑ CHHATRAPATI MALOJIRAJE SHAHU. CEO Maharashtra. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Malojiraje keeps mum over candidature. Times of India(28 August 2014). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ A district after Shahu Maharaj, but his scions hope Maya not playing politics. Times of India(3 July 2010). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Malojiraje Chhatrapati: Malojiraje in the arena again after six years !; What will happen in Kolhapur?. Maharashtra Times(2 January 2021). Retrieved 14 October 2021.