Ashish Shelar

Ashish Shelar
Minister of School Education
Government of Maharashtra
In office
16 June 2019 – 12 November 2019
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byVinod Tawde
Succeeded byVarsha Gaikwad
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byBaba Siddique
ConstituencyVandre West
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
28 July 2012 – 27 October 2014
Succeeded byMahadev Jankar
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born (1972-10-03) 3 October 1972 (age 51)
Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePratima Shelar
ChildrenOmkar Shelar
Alma materG.J Advani College Mumbai LLB
University of Mumbai
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.mumbaibjp.org

Ashish Shelar (born 3 October 1972) is an Indian politician and cricket administrator belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Maharashtra Legislative Assembly member representing Vandre West since 2014.[1][2] He is president of the Mumbai unit of the BJP.[3] He was elected as vice president of Mumbai Cricket Association on 17 June 2015.[4][5] Elected as treasurer of the BCCI. On 9 September 2015, Shelar gained controversy when he helped ban the sale of meat for 8 days for the annual Jain celebration, Paryushana, at which time total fast from any and every food is required.[6] Most constituencies in Maharashtra ban the sale of meat for only 4 days. The ban was criticized by the BJP's Maharashtra coalition partner, Shiv Sena.

  1. ^ "Vandre West Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". www.elections.in.
  2. ^ "Vandre West Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Vandre West Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ chief/articleshow/20521772.cms "Ashish Shelar is Mumbai BJP chief". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ "Ashish Shelar: Latest News, Photos, Videos on Ashish Shelar - NDTV.COM". NDTV.com.
  5. ^ "Sharad Pawar remains MCA president".
  6. ^ "BJP, Sena target each other over meat ban in Mumbai". 9 September 2015.