Chandrakant Sonawane

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He is 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. [3] [4]

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Chandrakant Sonawane
Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra
In office
2014–2019