Girish Mahajan
Girish Dattatray Mahajan is a politician from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. He is the current MLA of Jamner taluka representing Jamner vidhan sabha constituency. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. Girish Mahajan is the Rural development minister of Maharashtra state.[1]
In 2010s, CM Devendra Fandnavis' cabinate he served as "mister of water resources" and minister medical education of the state in separate times.
Career
As a college student, Mahajan was an active member of ABVP in 1978.[3] In the ABVP, he started as a grassroots worker where he painted walls and distributed promotional posters for politicians. He was appointed Taluka President of ABVP.
Mahajan's political career commenced in earnest in the early eighties, when he became Taluka President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (youth wing of the BJP) in Maharashtra.
In 1992, Mahajan was elected as a Gram-Panchayat election for Jamner. In 1995 he was elected to the Maharashtra state assembly for the first time. He served his 5th term as MLA as of 2014. Mahajan was sworn in as the Water Resources Minister[4] of Maharashtra on 31 October 2014. His government won a confidence motion by oral vote on 12 November 2014 allowing it to continue to govern.
As of 29 August 2023, he is serving as the minister of rural development of the state in CM Eknath Shinde's cabinet.[1]
Positions held
Ministerial
| Portfolio | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of Rural Development | 9-Aug-2022 | present |
| Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports | ||
| Minister of Medical Education | 9-Aug-2022 | present |
| 10-Jul-2016 | 8-Nov-2019 | |
| Minister of Water Resources | 5-Dec-2014 | 8-Nov-2019 |
Legislative
| Office | Constituency | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | Jamner | 2019 | present |
| 2014 | 2019 | ||
| 2009 | 2014 | ||
| 2004 | 2009 | ||
| 1999 | 2004 | ||
| 1995 | 1999 | ||
Within BJP
- President, BJYM Jamner Taluka (1988-1990).
- Vice President, BJP Maharashtra (1993-1995).
- District Chairman, BJP, Jalgaon (2006).
- Party Pratod. BJP Legislature Party, Maharashtra State (2008).
- Region Vice President, BJP, Maharashtra Pradesh (2011).
References
- "खाशाबंचा जन्मदिवस आता राज्य-क्रीडा दिवस" [Khashaba's birthday now on 'State's sports day'.]. Lokmat. p. 7. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- Gangan, Surendra P (1 April 2015). "Girish Mahajan not new to controversies". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- "Politician". indianpoliticians.net.
- "Minister Water Resources & CAD Mantralaya(Mumbai)". www.mahahp.gov.in.
6.https://cmo.maharashtra.gov.in/en/governor-and-cabinet-ministers