Bhaskar Jadhav
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Bhaskar Jadhav | |
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| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Vinay Natu |
| Constituency | Guhagar |
| Minister of Water Resources Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 26 June 2014 – 19 October 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Prithviraj Chavan |
| Portfolio | Water Resources |
| State President of the Nationalist Congress Party (Maharashtra) | |
| 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 |
| Portfolios | |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Anant Tare |
| Succeeded by | Anil Tatkare |
| Constituency | Raigad–Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Local Authorities |
| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1995–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Bapu Khedekar |
| Succeeded by | Ramesh Kadam |
| Constituency | Chiplun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1957 Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India |
| Party | Shiv Sena (UBT) (2022–present) |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Bhaskar Bhaurao Jadhav (born 1 August 1957) is an Indian politician from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. He is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Guhagar[1] and has previously served as Cabinet Minister for Water Resources.[2] He has also held roles as Minister of State for Urban Development, Forest, Ports, Sports & Youth Welfare, Parliamentary Affairs, Ex-Defence Welfare, Law & Order, Fisheries, and served as the Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.
He earlier represented the Chiplun constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004.[3] After disagreements with the leadership, he left Shiv Sena and contested the 2004 Assembly election from Chiplun as an Independent but was unsuccessful.[4] After the 2004 election, he joined the Nationalist Congress Party. He was later elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Raigad–Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Local Authorities constituency, serving from 2006 to 2009.[5] In the 2009 Assembly elections, he contested from Guhagar and went on to win the seat for four consecutive terms.[6] He also served as the Maharashtra state president of the Nationalist Congress Party from 2013 to 2014.[7]
In 2019, he rejoined Shiv Sena,[8] and after the 2022 party split, he remained with Shiv Sena (UBT).