Sureshkumar Bhikamchand Jain, (known as Suresh Jain), is an Indian politician from

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 ...

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. He changed his party affiliation a number of times in his political career and has been elected to the

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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'' (). The court granted him 7 year imprisonment when found guilty. Due to the scam

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lost 150 crore rupees. It is considered as one of the massive corruption scams in Maharashtra.

Political career

Jain was elected from Jalgaon constituency in 1980 as an

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candidate, in 1985 as an

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candidate, in 1990 as an

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candidate, in 1995 as an

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candidate, in 1999 as a

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

candidate, in 2004, as a

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candidate and in 2009, he was elected from Jalgaon City constituency as a

candidate. 1980 to 2014 elected nine times consecutively as MLA to the State of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. During this period, he has been elected / selected to different political positions as below. In the 1990s Jain was in the

party and served as a state minister. He was a prominent leader for Shivsena in

North Maharashtra North Maharashtra (Marathi: Uttar Maharashtra) is a geographical region of Maharashtra State, India. The region is composed of Nashik, Dhule, Nandurbar, and Jalgaon districts. It borders the state of Gujarat to the northwest, Paschim Maharashtra ...

Jalgaon housing scam

In 1996, Jain was the main accused in the Jalgaon housing scam and was sentenced to jail. Jalgaon police arrested him in March 2012 on the basis of inquiry report submitted by then Jalgaon municipal commissioner Pravin Gedam. The Jalgaon district court found him guilty, convicted him in this crime and sentenced to a fine of 110

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with seven years of imprisonment.

Positions held

* 1980: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 1985: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 1990: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 1995: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 1995: Cabinet Minister, Maharashtra State Government * 1999: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2009: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly source:

References

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