Harshvardhan Jadhav

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Harshvardhan Jadhav
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2019
SpouseSanjana Jadhav [2]
Children1
Parents
  • Raibhan Jadhav [3] (father)
  • Tejaswini jadhav [2] (mother)
Residence(s)Pishor, Kannad, Aurangabad
EducationDiploma in Business Administration at Cardiff University [4] [5]
OccupationFarming and Business

Harshvardhan Jadhav is an Indian politician who formerly represented Kannad in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He has been a member of Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Shiv Swarajya Paksha at various times in his political career and later joined in Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). [1]

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Political career

Coming from a political family, Jadhav joined politics somewhat reluctantly in 2004, losing the Assembly election that year as an Independent. [6] He was elected to Vidhan Sabha in 2009 from the Kannad Assembly Constituency as a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena nominee. He won the seat for the consecutive term in 2014, but this time he was with Shiv Sena. [7]

Jadhav contested 2019 Lok Sabha election as an independent from Aurangabad. Jadhav gained sizable Maratha support, which resulted in Shiv Sena losing the seat after having won it for 4 consecutive elections. [8] [9] In the aftermath, his house was pelted with stones by Shiv Sena supporters for his comments about Uddhav Thackeray. [10] [11] While he had floated his own party "Shiv Swarajya Paksha/Shiv Swarajya Bahujan Paksh", he contested as an Independent. [11] [12] [13] He later announced that the party will continue fielding candidates in upcoming state elections. [14]

Jadhav rejoined MNS in 2020 and was tasked with playing an influential role in Marathwada politics. [15] [16]

He is known for his activism for Maratha reservation and support for Maratha Kranti Morcha. [4] [17] [18] [19]

In May 2020, Jadhav announced that he has retired from politics and would support his wife further her political ambitions. [15] [20] [21]

Controversies

In 2011, Jadhav was involved in assault case where he claimed he was assaulted by the police. A counter-case was filed by the police alleging he was the one who instigated the attacks. [22] Two cops were suspended after the incidence [23] and in 2017 Jadhav sentenced to one year in jail. [24] In 2014, He was again in the news for slapping a security officer. [25]

In March 2020, a case was registered against Jadhav for verbally assaulting a person from Scheduled caste under the atrocities act. [26] His camp denied allegations and called the charges politically motivated. [27]

In Dec 2020, the Bopodi Police station lodged an FIR against him for attempted murder in a road rage incident in Aundh, Pune in which he was later granted bail and the opposing were charged under the same.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Jadhav is the son of Late Raibhan Jadhav, a politician from Indian national congress and also social worker who was locally known as Krishi Maharshi for his agricultural work in the kannad constituency. [3] [6]

After series of video posts over previous months, [28] Jadhav filed for divorce in August 2020 citing mental anguish. [29]

Positions held

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