Bhaskar Jadhav
Bhaskar Jadhav | |
|---|---|
| State President of Nationalist Congress Party | |
| In office 15 June 2013 – 25 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Madhukar Pichad |
| Succeeded by | Sunil Tatkare |
| Minister of State Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 19 November 2010 – 11 June 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | Prithviraj Chavan |
| Department | Urban Development Ports Forests Parliamentary Affairs Sports & Youth Welfare Law & Judiciary |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 1 June 2006 – 28 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Anant Tare |
| Succeeded by | Anil Tatkare |
| Constituency | Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Local Authorities |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Vinay Natu |
| Constituency | Guhagar |
| In office 1995–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Bapu Khedekar |
| Succeeded by | Rameshbhai Kadam |
| Constituency | Chiplun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1957 |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Other political affiliations | Nationalist Congress Party (till September 2019) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Website | http://www.bhaskarjadhav.com |
Bhaskar Jadhav is an Indian politician and former Minister for Labour & Special Assistance, Maharashtra State. He is also the ex-president of Maharashtra state unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and MLA of Maharashtra from Guhagar. Formerly he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development, Forest, Port, Sports, Parliamentary Affairs, Youth Welfare, Ex-Defence Welfare, Law & Order, Fisheries and Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.
Jadhav was member of assembly from Chiplun constituency. Following the clashes with the leadership, he quit Shivsena and contested assembly election as an independent candidate in 2004. He lost by 3000 votes to NCP candidate Ramesh Kadam. It was for the first time that a Shivsena candidate lost deposit in Konkan region. Prabhakar Shinde was an official Shivsena candidate.
Some years after 2004 elections, Bhaskar Jadhav joined NCP. He was elected as member of legislative council representing Konkan Local Bodies constituency. In 2009 assembly elections, NCP fielded him as a candidate from Guhagar constituency where he won by 12000 votes defeating the then Leader of Opposition Ramdas Kadam and a strong BJP rebel, 4th time sitting MLA Vinay Natu.
Bhaskar Jadhav had also won the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award.
In September 2019, Jadhav joined Shiv Sena.