Suresh Jain
Suresh Jain | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1980–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain |
| Succeeded by | Suresh Damu Bhole |
| Constituency | Jalgaon City |
| Cabinet Minister, Maharashtra State Government | |
| In office 1995–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Other political affiliations | • Indian National Congress Nationalist Congress Party |
| Residence(s) | Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India |
| Profession | Politician |
Sureshkumar Bhikamchand Jain, (known as Suresh Jain), is an Indian politician from Jalgaon, Maharashtra. He changed his party affiliation a number of times in his political career and has been elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha for a record nine times.He is a convicted criminal in the Jalgaon housing scam.
He was a minister in Maharashtra government and was a main conspirator in Jalgaon Gharkul Ghotala (transl. Jalgaon housing scam). The court granted him 7 year imprisonment when found guilty. Due to the scam Jalgaon Municipal Corporation lost 150 crore rupees. It is considered as one of the massive corruption scams in Maharashtra.