Bunty Bhangdiya
KirtiKumar Bhangdiya | |
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Bhangdiya during Chimur Kranti Day | |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office (2014-2019), (2019-2024), (2024-Present) | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar |
| Constituency | Chimur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chimur, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-present) |
| Occupation | Politician |
KirtiKumar Mitesh Bhangdiya, also known as Bunty Bhau Bhangdiya, is an Indian politician serving as a 15th Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chimur Assembly Constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the richest candidate from Vidarbha in the 2014 elections. He was elected as an MLA for three consecutive terms in the 2014, 2019, and 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections.
Bhangdiya was founder and head of Yuvashakti Sanghatna, a political organisation that held power in the Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad in 2014. In August 2014, Bhangdiya joined the BJP.
Bhangdiya's father, Mitesh Bhangdiya, who also belongs to the BJP, was a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Chandrapur- Gadchiroli- Wardha local body constituency from 2012 to 2018. He is amongst the leading irrigation contractors in the Vidarbha-Marathwada region.
On 21 August 2017, Bhangdiya and several of his supporters were charged with assaulting an Indian National Congress leader and several of his supporters in Chimur.