Chhagan Bhujbal
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
02 July 2023
MinisterOn 14 July 2022
Governor
CabinetEknath Shinde ministry
Chief Minister
Deputy CM
Guardian Minister
  • NA
Preceded by
Parliamentary groupNationalist Congress Party
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2004
Governor
Speaker of the House
ConstituencyYevla
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
7 November 2009  10 November 2010
Minister
Governor
CabinetSecond Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Departments Maharashtra Legislature

(7 November 2009 10 November 2010)

(07 November 2009 - 10 November 2010)
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
08 December 2008  06 November 2009
Minister
Governor
CabinetFirst Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Departments Maharashtra Legislature (08 December 2008 - 06 November 2009)
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
18 January 2003  23 December 2003
Minister(2003 - 2004)
Governor
CabinetSushilkumar Shinde ministry
Chief MinisterSushilkumar Shinde
Departments Maharashtra Legislature (18 January 2003 - 23 December 2003)
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
18 October 1999  16 January 2003
Minister
Governor
CabinetFirst Deshmukh ministry
Chief MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh
Departments Maharashtra Legislature (18 October 1999 - 16 January 2003)
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019  29 June 2022
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
CabinetThackeray ministry
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Acting
In office
28 November 2019  30 December 2019
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
CabinetThackeray ministry
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
11 November 2010  26 September 2014
Minister
Governor
CabinetPrithviraj Chavan ministry
Chief MinisterPrithviraj Chavan
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
01 November 2004  04 December 2008
Minister
Governor
CabinetSecond Deshmukh ministry
Chief MinisterVilasrao Deshmukh
Deputy CMR. R. Patil
Preceded bySushilkumar Shinde CM
Succeeded byHimself
Leader of the Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
10 July 1996  9 June 1999
GovernorP.C. Alexander
Chairmen of the House
Preceded bySharad Pawar
Succeeded byHimself
In office
10 June 1999  17 October 1999
GovernorP.C. Alexander
Chairmen of the HouseN. S. Pharande
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byNitin Gadkari
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
1996–2004
Parliamentary groupNationalist Congress Party
ConstituencyElected by MLAs
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
06 March 1993  14 March 1995
Minister
Governor
CabinetFourth Pawar ministry
Chief MinisterSharad Pawar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
26 December 1991  22 February 1993
Minister
Governor
CabinetSudhakarrao Naik ministry
Chief MinisterSudhakarrao Naik
Preceded by
Succeeded by
ConstituencyMazgaon
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
1986–1996
Parliamentary groupShivsena
Mayor of Mumbai
In office
1985–1986
Preceded byAdministrator (D. M. Sukthankar, IAS
Succeeded byDatta Nalawade
Parliamentary groupShivsena
Personal details
BornState Border Defence First
(1947-10-15) 15 October 1947
Nashik, Bombay State, India
DiedState Border Defence First
Resting placeState Border Defence First
Political partyNationalist Congress Party(1999–present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1991-1999), Shiv Sena (1966-1991)
Parent
  • State Border Defence First

Chhagan Bhujbal (born 15 October 1947)[1] is an Indian politician from Maharashtra, who is the member of current Government of Maharashtra, headed by Eknath Shinde. Currently he is Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 October 1999 – 23 December 2003.[2][3][4] He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.

Political career

Bhujbal is an OBC leader.[5] He started his political career from Shiv Sena in the 1960s. Before entering politics, Bhujbal was a vegetable vendor in Byculla Market where his mother had a small fruit shop. He was being influenced by Shiv Sena philosophy and more particularly, by Balasaheb Thackeray, Bhujbal evolved into a hardcore Shiv Sainik. He was amongst initial members of Shiv Sena.

Bhujbal started his political career with the Shiv Sena party. He left the party in 1991 and joined the Indian National Congress. Later, after the Indian National Congress leader Sharad Pawar decided to split from the Congress and form his own party, the Nationalist Congress Party, Bhujbal went along with him.[6]

During his work as Corporator, Bhujbal maintained consistent contact, communication with rank and file of his constituency and its neighbourhood. Later he was elected as Mayor of Mumbai twice.

He was among the earliest MLAs of Shiv Sena elected from Mazgaon first in 1985 & again in 1990.

Bhujbal contested 2014 General Elections from Nashik Constituency and lost the race to Hemant Godse from Shiv Sena.[7]

Bhujbal is currently Member of Legislative Assembly from Yeola Constituency and is incumbent since 2004.[8][9][10]

Enforcement Directorate proceedings

In December 2017, Enforcement Directorate attached assets worth 20.41 crore rupees belonging to the Bhujbal family under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.[11]

Criticism

Allegations of deteriorating law & order situation in Nashik

Nashik known to be a peaceful district, where law & order situation has collapsed under Bhujbals' political clout. It is witnessing recession in all sectors. Daylight robberies, armed attacks, chain-snatchings and setting of two- and four-wheelers on fire have become routine.[12]

In view of the criticism of the home department, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan sent police commissioner Vinod Lokhande on leave for his dismal performance, while Samir Bhujbal demanded a CID probe into the collapse of law and order. But a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) official said that when each and every police official has been appointed on the family's recommendations, why should the home department be blamed? Chhagan Bhujbal must accept responsibility and initiate measures to restore the people's confidence.[12]

Alleged misuse and mismanagement of trust property

In 2012, Mumbai Educational Trust (MET) filed a criminal complaint against Chhagan Bhujbal, alleging misuse and mismanagement of trust property for family-run furniture business and destruction of evidence in connection.[13]

Attack on Alpha Marathi

On 23 Dec 2003, Chhagan Bhujbal resigned from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, owning the moral responsibility of attack on Alpha Marathi office in Andheri, Mumbai. A group of workers belonging to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) attacked the office of Alpha Marathi, which belongs to the Zee group. They were upset with the channel for airing a satire on Bhujbal's alleged role in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam. NCP president Sharad Pawar told the media on Tuesday night that Bhujbal had sought his permission to resign on moral grounds. Chhagan Bhujbal handed over his resignation to then Chief Minister of Maharashtra Sushilkumar Shinde.[14][15]

References

  1. "Telgi scam: CBI grills Bhujbal". The Times of India. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  2. "Chhagan Bhujbal : Chhagan Bhujbal The Prominent Deputy Chief Minister of Maharastra". Chhagan Bhujbal : Chhagan Bhujbal The Prominent Deputy Chief Minister of Maharastra. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. Official WebSite of Nashik District Archived 15 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "The fall and fall of Chhagan Bhujbal: The seven people who brought the NCP strongman down". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  5. "Chhagan Bhujbal - The OBC Leader". Business Standard. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. "Maharashtra: NCP missed Bhujbal's leadership, says Ajit Pawar". freepressjournal.in. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. "2014 Nashik Lok Sabha Constituency Results". January 2020.
  8. "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  9. महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा सािवविक वनिडणूक 2014 (PDF) (in Hindi). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. January 2020.
  10. "Schedule to Commission's Notification No. 308/MT-LA/2019" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. January 2020.
  11. "ED attaches Rs 20 crore assets in Chhagan Bhujbal PMLA case". January 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Bhujbals or cop chief to blame for Nashik woes?". The Times of India. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  13. "Bhujbal accused of 'destroying evidence'". The Times of India. 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  14. "NCP activists attack Zee TV office; Bhujbal resigns". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 December 2003. Archived from the original on 22 April 2004.
  15. "Bhujbal quits after TV office attack". The Times of India. 24 December 2003. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
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