Girish Mahajan

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Girish Mahajan
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Minister of Water Resources (Vidharbha, Tapi, Konkan)
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
15 December 2024

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 cabinet minister for Water resources (Tapi,Vidarbha and konkan),Kumbhmela and Disaster Management of Maharashtra state.He is also the guardian minister of Nashik. [1]

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In 2010s, CM Devendra Fadnavis' cabinet he served as Minister of Water Resources and Minister Medical Education of Maharashtra in separate times.

Early life

Mahajan was born in Jamner into a Marathi Gujjar family. [2]

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.[ citation needed ]

In 1992, Mahajan was elected as a Gram-Panchayat election for Jamner. In 1995 he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the first time. He served his 5th term as MLA as of 2014. Mahajan was sworn in as the Minister of Water Resources [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

PortfolioTenure
Minister of Rural Development9-Aug-202226 November 2024
Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports9-Aug-202214 July 2023
Minister of Medical Education9-Aug-202202 July 2023
10-Jul-20168-Nov-2019
Minister of Water Resources5-Dec-20148-Nov-2019

Legislative

OfficeConstituencyTenure
Member Of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Jamner 2024Present
20192024
20142019
20092014
20042009
19992004
19951999

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).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "खाशाबंचा जन्मदिवस आता राज्य-क्रीडा दिवस" [Khashaba's birthday now on 'State's sports day'.]. Lokmat . p. 7. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. Gangan, Surendra P (1 April 2015). "Girish Mahajan not new to controversies". Hindustan Times . Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. "Politician". indianpoliticians.net.
  4. "Minister Water Resources & CAD Mantralaya(Mumbai)". www.mahahp.gov.in.
Political offices

https://cmo.maharashtra.gov.in/en/governor-and-cabinet-ministers%5B%5D

Preceded by Cabinet Minister for Water Resources, Maharashtra State
December 2014–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Nashik district
December 2014–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Nandurbar district
December 2014–present
Incumbent

6.https://cmo.maharashtra.gov.in/en/governor-and-cabinet-ministers