Chandrakant Sonawane | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Constituency | Chopda |
Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra | |
In office 2024–Incumbent | |
Preceded by | Latabai Sonawane |
Preceded by | Latabai Sonawane |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Shiv Sena |
Chandrakant Baliram Sonawane is a member of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chopda Assembly Constituency. [1] He belongs to the Shiv Sena party. [2]
Chandrakant Sonawane was born in a Agriculturist Koli family of Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in 1961. [3]
He was convicted by Dhule District Court for 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. [4] [5]
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