Try the checklist of BJP leaders who’ve made it into the Maharashtra cupboard | Mumbai Information

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, 65
Constituency: Shirdi
Income minister in earlier govt

A seasoned politician who has labored within the cooperative sector, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has roots in rural Maharashtra. After 4 many years with Congress, Vikhe-Patil joined the BJP in 2019. Within the Eknath Shinde-led coalition authorities, he bought the second highest portfolio of income together with dairy and animal husbandry. He has represented the state legislative meeting uninterrupted since 1995 to emerge because the seveth time period MLA. He has held a dozen portflios, together with agriculture, meals and medicines administration, faculty schooling, ports, ability improvement and extrepreneurship, Marathi bhasha (languages), earth quake, aid and rehabilitation and OBC. Vikhe-Patil was additionally the chief of the opposition from 2014 to 2019.

Chadrakant Patil, 65
Constituency: Kothrud

Senior BJP chief Chandrakant Patil who was mentored in RSS began profession with its college students wing, ABVP and joined the BJP in 2004. A low profile chief, he’s thought-about near Union House Minister Amit Shah. In 2019, Patil contested Meeting polls from Kothrud and gained — a seat that he retained in 2024. Throughout 2014-2019, he earned quantity two place within the Fadnavis authorities, holding many vital portfolios, together with PWD, income, agriculture cooperation and advertising. Within the Eknath Shinde-led authorities, he was made larger and technical schooling minister. Patil additionally turned the state BJP president from July 2019 to August 2022.

Girish Mahajan, 64
Constituency: Jamner

Thought-about a “trouble-shooter” within the get together, seventh-term MLA Girish Mahajan began his political profession from gram panchayat. He had additionally labored with the ABVP. Through the first tenure of Devendra Fadnavis regime, Mahajan was given the water assets ministry and extra cost of medical well being ministry. Within the Eknath Shinde-led authorities, Mahajan held one other vital portfolio of rural improvement ministry. Over time, he made a spot for himself as a detailed confidant of Fadnavis. Whether or not it was the Maratha agitation or placating Eknath Shinde to affix the Mahayuyi authorities as deputy CM, Mahajan performed an vital position of BJP emissary.

Ganesh Naik, 74
Constituency: Airoli

Six-time MLA Ganesh Naik began his profession in Shiv Sena within the early Nineties when he made his electoral debut in Meeting polls. In 1999, Naik switched loyalties from then undivided Shiv Sena to newly fashioned NCP led by Sharad Pawar. He gained prominence within the get together and was made a minister within the Congress-NCP authorities. He has held labour, excise and surroundings portfolios. He was well-known for holding junta durbar, an idea the place individuals would throng his chamber with their grievances and matter regarding them. It was in 2019 that Naik alongside along with his son and 50 corporators of Navi Mumbai Municipal Company joined the BJP. He efficiently contested on BJP ticket in 2019 and 2024 Meeting polls.

Mangal Prabhat Lodha, 69
Constituency: Malabar Hills

The actual property large cum politician Mangal Prabhat Lodha has risen in the appropriate wing from Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad to consolidate his place as Cupboard minister within the Mahayuti authorities. He represents the high-profile constituency Malabar Hills in South Mumbai. The fifth-term MLA made the electoral debut in 1995 and contested from identical constituency efficiently. Within the Eknath Shinde-led authorities, he was the minister for ability improvement and entrepreneur the place he initiated sweeping reforms to push youth employment by creating a strong worth chain of demand and provide by linking ability coaching to business calls for. A politician recognized for few phrases, Lodha has all the time been prized member of BJP in Maharashtra.

Jaikumar Rawal, 49
Constituency: Sindhkheda

Fifth-term MLA Jaikumar Rawal has succeeded in holding the constituency uninterrupted since 2004 to 2024. Starting his politics with the BJP, he climbed up the ladder from youth wing chief and normal secretary to minister. In 2016, Rawal was made cupboard minister for tourism, employment assure scheme, and meals and medicines administration. Because the minister, he raised objection over portrayal of queen Padmavati on display. A Rajput, Rawal then wrote to the Central Board of Movie Certification, demanding objectionable elements be faraway from the movie.

Pankaja Munde, 45
MLC

The BJP nationwide secretary has performed an vital position in mobilising OBC votes via her rallies throughout Meeting polls. Within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Pankaja misplaced from her house constituency Beed. In July 2024, she was made member of state legislative council ( MLC), marking her return to Maharashtra politics. Pankaja, who has carved her personal area of interest, typically inviting flak for her outspokennes and leaders, is seen as OBC face of BJP within the Marathwada area. In 2009, she made her electoral debut from Parli Meeting seat and gained. In 2014, she was made the cupboard minister with two vital portfolios — rural improvement and ladies and chold welfare. The defeat in 2019 Meeting polls from Parli was a physique blow. A 12 months later she was moved to Delhi as nationwide secretary in BJP president JP Nadda’s group and given cost of Madhya Pradesh.

Atul Save, 60
Constituency: Aurangabad East

The three-term BJP MLA from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad East) got here to limelight for his essential position in Aurangabad Municipal Company polls. Within the 2024 Meeting polls, Save defeated Imtiaz Jaleel of the AIMIM from in Aurangabad East overriding the sturdy communal polarisation to make a hattrick 2014, 2019 and 2024. Within the Eknath Shinde authorities, he was entrusted vital portfolio cooperation. With the NCP becoming a member of the coalition in 2023, he had to surrender cooperation. As a substitute, he was given the housing ministry. In June 2019, Save was made minister of state (MoS) for the primary time with business and mining division.

Ashok Uike, 60
Constituency: Ralegaon

Senior tribal chief Ashok Uike has performed an vital position in giving the BJP foothold in tribal belt of Vidarbha area. Because the president of Scheduled Tribe Morcha, which he headed between July 2020 to July 2023, Uike labored to achieve out the appropriate wing to the tribal sector. He contested Meeting polls first in 2014 from Ralegaon in district Yavatmal and gained. Within the subsequent elections in 2019 and 2024, Uike contested and retained the BJPs upmanship towards Congress within the tribal belt. Throughout Fadnavis’s first tenure, he was made minister for tribal affairs for a quick time.

Ashish Shelar, 52
Constituency: Bandra West

BJP’s Bandra boy has performed vital position in giving the organisation a powerful foothold in Mumbai. Because the Mumbai BJP president, he helped the get together make electoral features in Lok Sabha and Meeting polls. Shelar first contested Meeting polls from Bandra West in 2014. He has since held the constituency. A member of the BJP’s core committee, he was first made minister for a quick interval from June 2019 to November 2019. Shelar began as corporator in BMC earlier than switching to legislative position as MLC from 2012 to 2014. His space of focus has been points associated to Mumbai.

Shivendrasinh Bhosale, 51
Constituency: Satara

Within the 2024 Meeting elections, Shivendra Raje Bhosale gained the Satara meeting seat for the fifth consecutive time period as a BJP candidate. He switched from NCP to BJP in 2019. Starting his politics with undivided NCP led by Sharad Pawar, the inheritor from the royal household has been a low profile chief limiting his work to Satara in western Maharashtra. A decendent of nice warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Bhosale can be the cousin of Udayan Raje Bhosale — BJP’s Satara Lok Sabha MP, additionally belonging to the royal clan. He contested the primary Meeting polls as NCP candidate in 2004. In 2009 and 2014, he gained as NCP MLA. Forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he joined the BJP. Final two elections, he contested asBJP candidate efficiently.

Jaykumar Gore, 49
Constituency: Man

Not from the RSS-BJP parivar, Gore joined the BJP leaving Congress in 2019. He gained the 2019 Meeting polls comfortably on BJP ticket. In 2014, Gore had contested from Man in Satara district as an impartial candidate and survived the then sturdy Modi wave to emerge profitable. The three-term MLA who has labored at grassroots degree has now been rewarded with a Cupboard berth.

Sanjay Sawkare, 55
Constituency: Bhusawal

Bhusawal constituency in Jalgaon district has been a stronghold of the BJP. After becoming a member of the get together in 2014, Sawkare has represented the constituency efficiently in 2014, 2019 and 2024. He began his political profession with NCP led by Sharad Pawar and contested from that get together within the 2009 polls. Nonetheless, previously 10 years, Sawkare has been working to make sure BJP’s organisational progress as per the directives from the state management.

Nitesh Rane, 42
Constituency: Kankavli

After starting his political profession in Congress, it has been a serious political transformation for Rane because the younger fiery Hindutva face in the appropriate wing BJP. Son of former union minister Narayan Rane, Nitesh Rane had labored alongside facet his father in Konkan area until 2018. He was additionally proactive in Swabhimani Sanghatana, an impartial outfit based by Rane senior after he give up the Congress in 2017. In 2014, Nitesh contested as Congress candidate from Kankavli and gained. 5 years later, father and son joined the BJP. In 2019 and 2024, Nitesh gained Kankavli seat with ease and has been main the Sakal Hindu Samaj protests towards “love, land and vote jihad” throughout Maharashtra.

Akash Phundkar, 41
Constituency: Khamgaon

Three-term MLA from Khamgaon in Buldhana district has been persistently retaining the get together’s upmanship within the seat. Son of late Pandurang Phundkar alias Bhausaheb Phundkar who was BJP president, Akash needed to battle arduous to make his area within the constituency towards the Congress. His late father Bhausaheb Phundkar, who was near late Gopinath Munde, was the founder member of the BJP. Akash Phundkar bought a ministerial berth for the primary time although his father had served in Fadnavis’s authorities in 2014-2019.