Ashok Chavan

Ashok Shankarrao Chavan
अशोक शंकरराव चव्हाण

Chavan in 2010
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
8 December 2008 – 9 November 2010
Preceded by Vilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded by Prithviraj Chavan
Constituency Bhokar
Minister of Industries, Mines, Protocol,Cultural Affairs
In office
1 November 2004 – 20 February 2009
Succeeded by Narayan Rane
Constituency Bhokar
Minister of Revenue
In office
19 October 1999 – 20 October 2004
Succeeded by Patangrao Kadam
Constituency Sangli
Member Of Parliament
Assumed office
2014
Preceded by Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar
Constituency Nanded
Personal details
Born (1958-10-28) 28 October 1958
Mumbai
Citizenship Indian
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Amita Sharma-Chavan
Children Sujaya & Sreejaya
Parents Kusum & Shankarrao Chavan
Residence Mumbai
Education Bachelor's in Science
Master's in Business Administration
Occupation Politician, Businessman
Religion Hindu

Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958)[1] served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010. He earlier served as Minister for Cultural Affairs, Industries, Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government. Chavan is son of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shankarrao Chavan and they are the first father–son duo in the state's history to become chief ministers.[2][3] On 9 November 2010, the Congress Party asked him to resign from office over corruption allegations.[4]

Political career

He graduated in Science and has obtained his Master's in Business Management.[5] He started his political career as General Secretary, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. In 1987–88, he was elected as Member of Parliament from Nanded Lok Sabha constituency. In 1992, he was elected as M.L.C to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 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. He was the General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 1995 to 1999.[2] After winning assembly elections in 2009, Congress President Sonia Gandhi nominated Chavan as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Sharad Pawar, the leader of rival coaltion partner NCP party, had been lukewarm towards Chavan, after his first choice of union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was ignored well before the race began. Congress had clearly plumped for a Maratha to lead the party in the state, and had ignored the NCP view that a non-Maratha should be selected for the position to set right the social combination. 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.

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 government housing society which was created specifically to house Indian war veterans in the upmarket Colaba area of Mumbai.[6] Despite the corruption allegations, the Congress party put him up as a party candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. He won the election by a huge margin. In Maharashtra, Rajiv Satav and Chavan were the only Congress candidates elected. In 2015 he took over as the chief of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee [7] Hie is married to Ameeta (née Sharma). Chavan's father, Shankarrao Chavan had also been chief minister of Maharashtra. He is the President of Sai Sevabhavi Trust Nanded, a charitable voluntary organisation.

Controversy, Scams and Allegations

Apart from the much discussed Adarsh Housing Society Scam, Ashok Chavan was accused of using his office to fund his relatives' bank.[8] In 2009 Assembly Elections, he was accused of hiding expenses on a paid supplement titled Ashok Parva in a leading Marathi daily.[9] However, He denied the allegation by the Election Commission of India of having inserted favourable Paid News in newspapers.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Biodata - Ashok Chavan" (PDF). Pune Hitech. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. 1 2 "Profile: Ashok Chavan, in father's footsteps". Press Trust Of India. IBN Live (CNN-IBN). 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  3. ↑ "Government". Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  4. ↑ Cong axes Chavan and Kalmadi over corruption allegations The Hindu, 9 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  6. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_maharashtra[]
  7. ↑ "Ashok Chavan new MPCC chief". nagpurtoday.in.
  8. ↑ Chavan used his office to helped to fund relatives' bank The Hindu.
  9. ↑ "Ashok Chavan faces disqualification in paid news case of 2009". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Maharashtra CM Chavan Challenges EC on Paid News The Hindu, 21 July 2010.

External links

Preceded by
Vilasrao Deshmukh		 Chief Minister of Maharashtra
8 December 2008 – 10 November 2010 		Succeeded by
Prithviraj Chavan

Official Website - Ashok Chavan

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