Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Chandrashekhar K. Bawankule
Office	Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra
Office	Ministry of State Excise
Office	Guardian Minister of Nagpur ; ;
Term start	6 December 2014
Term end	24 October 2019 ; ; ; ; ; ;
Born	1969-01-13 (age 57)
Born	Koradi, Maharashtra, India ; ;
Nationality	Indian ;
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Jyoti Bawankule
Children	Payal Bawanklule; Sanket Bawanklule ;
Occupation	Legislator
Website	www.cbawankule.in

Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly^[1] & Minister for Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra,^[2]^[3] State Excise,^[4] and also appointed as Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.

Background and family

Chandrashekhar Bawankule was born in Kamthi into a Marathi Teli family.

Chandrashekhar Bawankule married Jyoti. He has a daughter and son.

Early life

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.

Political career

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.

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.