Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Chandrashekhar K. Bawankule
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
Assumed office
12 August 2022
Preceded byChandrakant Patil
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Assumed office
2 January 2022
Preceded byGirish Vyas
ConstituencyNagpur Local Authorities
Minister of Excise
Government of Maharashtra
In office
8 July 2016 – 8 November 2019
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byEknath Khadse
Succeeded byDilip Walse-Patil
Minister of Energy
Government of Maharashtra
In office
4 December 2014 – 8 November 2019
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byAjit Pawar
Succeeded byBalasaheb Thorat
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2004–2019
Preceded bySulekha Kumbhare
Succeeded byTekchand Sawarkar
ConstituencyKamthi
Personal details
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969 (age 55)
Koradi, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseJyoti Bawankule
ChildrenPayal Bawanklule
Sanket Bawanklule
OccupationLegislator
Websitewww.cbawankule.in

Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule is President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra[1] and Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council representing Nagpur Local Authorities [2] on 2 January 2022. He was member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[3] & Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra,[4][5] Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra),[6] and also appointed Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.[7]

A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he represented the Kamthi Assembly Constituency, being elected from there in 2004, 2009 & 2014.[8] He was made Secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State Unit in Devendra Fadnavis' team in 2012. In a cabinet expansion, he was given charge of the state excise department on 10 July 2016.

  1. ^ "Appointed as State President". Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Declared Member of Legislative Council". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Live Kamthi (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs".
  4. ^ Energy, New and Renewable Energy, State Excise Archived 18 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers". Mid-Day. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. ^ Welcome to Maharashtra State Excise Online Services Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. ^ Ramu Bhagwat (27 December 2014). "Bawankule is Nagpur district guardian minister". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. ^ Kamthi (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections Retrieved 20 July 2018.