Ashok Chavan
Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958)
On 9 November 2010, the Congress Party asked him to resign from office over corruption allegations relating to Adarsh Housing Society scam.[3] In the 2014 general elections, despite the allegations and anti-incumbency wave, he won the Lok Sabha election from his Nanded constituency with a comfortable margin. In 2015, he was appointed the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Chavan lost his Nanded seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election to Pratap Patil Chikhalikar of the BJP.[4]
Chavan belongs to an influential political family based in
Personal life
Chavan did his schooling at the St. Xavier's High School, Fort.[7] He graduated in Science and has obtained his Master's in Business Management from Hazarimal Jomani College and B.Y.K. College of Commerce.[8]
Chavan belongs to a political dynasty that includes his father and wife.[9] Chavan's father,
Political career
Organisational
He started career as student leader of
He started his political career in Congress Party as General Secretary, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 1995 to 1999.
President: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 2014 to 2019.
MEMBER: CONGRESS WORKING COMMITTEE from August 2023 to 12th Feb 2024.
On 12th Feb 2024, he resigned from the Congress Party's primary membership.[11]
On 13th February 2024, he joined BJP.
Electoral politics
In 1987–89, he held post of Member of Parliament from
In 1992, he was elected as M.L.C. to the Maharashtra Legislative Council and later joined as Minister of State for Public works, Urban Development and Home in March 1993.
In 2003, Vilasrao Deshmukh appointed Chavan as Minister for Transport, Ports, Cultural Affairs and Protocol.
In November 2004, he was given the portfolio of Industries, Mining, Cultural Affairs & Protocol in Maharashtra cabinet.[5]
As a cabinet minister
- 2003: Transport Minister.
- 2019: Sworn in as Cabinet Minister in Uddhav Thackeray's Ministry.
Tenure as Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In the aftermath of the
After winning assembly elections in 2009, Congress President
Congress had clearly plumped for a
As a result, NCP chose a non-Maratha, Chhagan Bhujbal to occupy the deputy Chief Minister's post and gave the home ministry to Jayant Patil. The latter being a Maratha balanced the NCP's own bid to remain the community's first choice.[citation needed] Chavan was asked to resign as Chief Minister during a meeting with Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, after it emerged that three of his relatives owned apartments in the Adarsh Housing Society which was created specifically to house Indian war veterans in the upmarket Colaba area of Mumbai.[17] He was succeeded by Prithviraj Chavan.
Post Chief Minister
Despite the corruption allegations, the Congress party put him up as a party candidate for the
In 2015, he took over as the chief of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.[18]
Chavan contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Nanded Constituency but lost the election to BJP's Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar. He is one of the 9 former Chief Ministers of Congress who lost in Lok Sabha 2019 Election.[19] In february 2024, he has nominated for Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.[20]
Controversy, scams and allegations
Apart from the much discussed
In
Legislative assembly election's record
| SI No. | Year | Legislative Assembly | Constituency | Margin | Party | Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2009 | 12th | Bhokar
|
1,07,503 | Indian National Congress | Chief Minister of Maharashtra
|
| 2. | 2019 | 14th | Bhokar
|
97,445 | Indian National Congress | PWD Minister of Maharashtra
|
References
- ^ "Biodata - Ashok Chavan" (PDF). Pune Hitech. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Cong axes Chavan and Kalmadi over corruption allegations" The Hindu, 9 November 2010
- ^ "Lok Sabha elections: Ashok Chavan lost Nanded to 15-year jinks...say party workers". No. May 23, 2019. Times of India. TNN. 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ IBN Live (CNN-IBN). 5 December 2008. Archived from the originalon 6 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
- ^ "Government". Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- ^ Vibhute, Kranti (7 January 2018). "St Xavier's alumni recall golden moments at reunion". DNA India.
- ^ "NDTV.com: Who is Ashok Chavan?". Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ISBN 978-1-107-12344-1.
- ^ "Twin daughters, Punjabi wife make up home for Ashok Chavan". Times of India. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Ashok Chavan Latest To Quit Congress After Milind Deora, Baba Siddique". NDTV.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Ashok Chavan named Maharashtra CM". Rediff. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Ashok Chavan sworn in as Maharashtra CM". Rediff. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Congress retains all three CMs; Khandu, Hooda sworn in". Rediff. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Ashok Chavan frontrunner for CM's post". Rediff. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Chavan is Cong's first choice as Maha CM". Rediff. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ashok Chavan new MPCC chief". nagpurtoday.in. 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Ashok Chavan the heavyweight who lost Lok Sabha 2019 election". atrendhub.com.
- ^ "BJP Fields JP Nadda, Ashok Chavan For Rajya Sabha, Sena Names Milind Deora". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Ashok Chavan used his office to fund kins' bank: CAG". The Hindu. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Ashok Chavan faces disqualification in paid news case of 2009". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Maharashtra CM Chavan Challenges EC on Paid News" The Hindu, 21 July 2010.
External links
- Biodata
- Official Website - Ashok Chavan
- Biodata On Ourneta.com
