Chandrakant Baliram Sonawane is a member of the 15th
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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. He represents the
Chopda Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the
Shiv Sena
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party.
Early life
Chandrakant Sonawane was born in an
Agriculturist
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Koli
Koli may refer to:
People
* Koli people, Indian caste group
* Koli Christians, a Christian subgroup
* Muslim Kolis, Muslim community
* Koli (surname), Indian surname
* Koli Sewabu (born 1975), Fijian rugby union footballer
Places
* Koli, Fin ...
family of
Jalgaon
Jalgaon () is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra in the subregion of Khandesh, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. In the subregion of ...
district
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of
Maharashtra
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in 1961.
Political career
He was convicted by
Dhule District Court of his involvement in
Jalgaon housing scam (Marathi: घरकुल घोटाळा) of 1996. Then MLA
Suresh Jain was mastermind of that scam and he got seven years imprisonment.
Positions held
* 2013: Elected as Corporator in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation
* 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* 2015: Elected as Director of Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank
See also
*
Raver Lok Sabha constituency
*
Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency
Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Assembly segments
At present, (after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 Feb ...
References
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People convicted of corruption
Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
Living people
Shiv Sena politicians
Marathi politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029