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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | {{Short description|Indian politician (born 1959)}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} | {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} | ||
{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| image = Ajit Pawar During Speech.jpg | | image = Ajit Pawar During Speech.jpg | ||
| imagesize = | | imagesize = | ||
| name = Ajit | | name = Ajit Pawar | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|07|22|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|07|22|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Deolali Pravara]], [[Bombay State]] | | birth_place = [[Deolali Pravara]], [[Bombay State]] (now in [[Maharashtra]]), India | ||
| residence = | | residence = [[Baramati|Sahyog]], Maharashtra, India | ||
| office1 = 8th [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] | | office1 = 8th [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] | ||
| governor1 | | governor1 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] | ||
| term_start1 = 30 December 2019 | | term_start1 = 30 December 2019 | ||
| term_end1 = | | term_end1 = 29 June 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/not-accepted-happily-sharad-pawar-on-devendra-fadnaviss-number-2-post-3116614|title="Not Accepted Happily": Sharad Pawar On Devendra Fadnavis's Number 2 Post|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> | ||
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | ||
| 1namedata1 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] | | 1namedata1 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] | ||
| predecessor1 = | | predecessor1 = Himself | ||
| successor1 | | successor1 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]] | ||
| term_start2 = 23 November 2019 | | term_start2 = 23 November 2019 | ||
| term_end2 = 26 November 2019 | | term_end2 = 26 November 2019 | ||
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| 1namedata2 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]] | | 1namedata2 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]] | ||
| predecessor2 = [[President's rule]] | | predecessor2 = [[President's rule]] | ||
| successor2 = | | successor2 = Himself | ||
| term_start3 = 25 October 2012 | | term_start3 = 25 October 2012 | ||
| term_end3 = 26 September 2014 | | term_end3 = 26 September 2014 | ||
| | | 1blankname3 = Chief Minister | ||
| 1namedata3 = [[Prithviraj Chavan]] | |||
*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] | *[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] | ||
| predecessor3 = Himself | |||
| predecessor3 = | |||
| successor3 = [[President's rule]] | | successor3 = [[President's rule]] | ||
| term_start4 = 10 November 2010 | | term_start4 = 10 November 2010 | ||
| term_end4 = 25 September 2012 | | term_end4 = 25 September 2012 | ||
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister | | 1blankname4 = Chief Minister | ||
| 1namedata4 = [[Prithviraj Chavan]] | | 1namedata4 = [[Prithviraj Chavan]] | ||
*[[K. Sankaranarayanan]] | |||
| predecessor4 = [[Chhagan Bhujbal]] | | predecessor4 = [[Chhagan Bhujbal]] | ||
| successor4 = [[ | | successor4 = Himself | ||
| | {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Additional Ministries}} | ||
| | | 1blankname5 = Chief Minister | ||
| | | 1namedata5 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] | ||
| 2blankname5 = [[Thackeray ministry|Ministry and Departments]] | |||
| | | 2namedata5 = | ||
| | * [[Ministry of Finance (Maharashtra)|Finance]] | ||
| | *[[Ministry of Planning (Maharashtra)|Planning]] | ||
| | * [[Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)|State Excise]] ''Additional charge'' | ||
| | | term_start5 = 30 December 2019 | ||
*[[ | | term_end5 = 29 June 2022 | ||
| | | predecessor5 = | ||
*[[Sudhir Mungantiwar]] | |||
| office6 = [[List of | {{small|([[Ministry of Finance (Maharashtra)|Finance Ministry]])}} | ||
| governor6 | <br /> {{small|( [[Ministry of Planning (Maharashtra)|Planning Ministry]])}} | ||
| 1blankname6 | *[[Dilip Walse-Patil]]<br /> {{small|([[Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)|State Excise Ministry]])}} | ||
| 1namedata6 = [[ | {{Collapsed infobox section end}} | ||
| 2blankname6 =Leader | | office6 = [[List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council|Leader of the House of the <br />Maharashtra Legislative Council]] | ||
| 2namedata6 | | governor6 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] | ||
| termstart6 = | | 1blankname6 = Chairman | ||
| termend6 = | | 1namedata6 = [[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]] | ||
| predecessor6 = [[ | | 2blankname6 = Deputy Leader | ||
| successor6 = | | 2namedata6 = [[Subhash Desai]] | ||
| termstart6 = 24 February 2020 | |||
| office7 =[[ | | termend6 = 29 June 2022 | ||
| | | predecessor6 = *[[Chandrakant Patil]] | ||
| 1namedata7 = | *[[Subhash Desai]] Acting | ||
| successor6 = | |||
| 2blankname7 = | | office7 = [[List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the House <br />Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] | ||
| governor7 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] | |||
| 1blankname7 = Speaker | |||
| 1namedata7 = [[Nana Patole]] | |||
| 2blankname7 = Leader | |||
| 2namedata7 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] | | 2namedata7 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]] | ||
| | | termstart7 = 30 December 2019 | ||
| termend7 = 29 June 2022 | |||
| | | predecessor7 = [[Girish Mahajan]] | ||
| predecessor7 = [[ | | successor7 = | ||
| successor7 = | | office8 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra]] | ||
| | |||
| | |||
| 2blankname8 = Chief Minister | | 2blankname8 = Chief Minister | ||
| 2namedata8 = [[ | | 2namedata8 = [[Prithviraj Chavan]] | ||
| governor8 | | governor8 = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]] | ||
*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] | *[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] | ||
| | | 1blankname8 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Ministry and Departments]] | ||
| | | 1namedata8 = *Finance | ||
*Energy | *Energy | ||
| | | term_start8 = 07 December 2012 | ||
| | | term_end8 = 26 September 2014 | ||
| | | predecessor8 = Himself | ||
| | | successor8 = [[Sudhir Mungantiwar]] | ||
| 2blankname9 = Chief Minister | |||
| | | 2namedata9 = [[Prithviraj Chavan]] | ||
| | | governor9 = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]] | ||
| | | 1blankname9 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Ministry and Departments]] | ||
| 1namedata9 = *Finance | |||
| | |||
| | |||
*Finance | |||
*Energy | *Energy | ||
| | | term_start9 = 11 November 2010 | ||
| | | term_end9 = 25 September 2012 | ||
| | | predecessor9 = [[Sunil Tatkare]] | ||
| | | successor9 = [[Prithviraj Chavan]](Acting) | ||
| 2blankname10 = Chief Minister | |||
| | | 2namedata10 = [[Ashok Chavan]] | ||
| | | governor10 = *[[S. C. Jamir]] | ||
| | |||
*[[K. Sankaranarayanan]] | *[[K. Sankaranarayanan]] | ||
| | | 1blankname10 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Ministry and Departments]] | ||
| | | 1namedata10 = *Water Resources | ||
*Krishna Valley Irrigation Corporation | *Krishna Valley Irrigation Corporation | ||
*Energy | *Energy | ||
| | | term_start10 = 7 November 2009 | ||
| | | term_end10 = 10 November 2010 | ||
| | | predecessor10 = *[[Sunil Tatkare]] | ||
*[[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]] | *[[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]] | ||
| | | successor10 = *[[Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar]] | ||
*[[Sunil Tatkare]] | *[[Sunil Tatkare]] | ||
| 2blankname11 = Chief Minister | |||
| | | 2namedata11 = [[Ashok Chavan]] | ||
| | | governor11 = *[[S. C. Jamir]] | ||
| | | 1blankname11 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Ministry and Departments]] | ||
*[[S. C. Jamir]] | | 1namedata11 = *Water Resources | ||
| | |||
| | |||
*Water Supply | *Water Supply | ||
*Sanitation Command Area Development | *Sanitation Command Area Development | ||
| | | term_start11 = 08 December 2008 | ||
| | | term_end11 = 06 November 2009 | ||
| | | predecessor11 = | ||
| | | successor11 = | ||
| 2blankname12 = Chief Minister | |||
| | | 2namedata12 = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] | ||
| | | governor12 = *[[Mohammed Fazal]] | ||
| | |||
* [[S. M. Krishna]] | * [[S. M. Krishna]] | ||
*[[S. C. Jamir]] | *[[S. C. Jamir]] | ||
| | | 1blankname12 = [[Government of Maharashtra|Ministry and Departments]] | ||
| | | 1namedata12 = *Water Resources | ||
*Water Resources | |||
*Excluding Krishna Valley Corporation | *Excluding Krishna Valley Corporation | ||
| | | term_start12 = 09 November 2004 | ||
| | | term_end12 = 01 December 2008 | ||
| | | predecessor12 = | ||
| | | successor12 = | ||
| office13 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] | |||
| | | term_start13 = 1991 | ||
| | | term_end13 = | ||
| | | predecessor13 = [[Sharad Pawar]] | ||
| | | successor13 = | ||
| | | constituency13 = [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] | ||
| | | office14 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | ||
| constituency14 = [[Baramati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] | |||
| | | term_start14 = 03 May 1991 | ||
| | | term_end14 = 20 June 1991 | ||
| | | predecessor14 = [[Shankarrao Bajirao Patil]] | ||
| | | successor14 = [[Sharad Pawar]] | ||
| | |||
| | |||
| party = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] | | party = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] | ||
| spouse = Sunetra Pawar | | spouse = Sunetra Pawar | ||
| children = Parth Pawar <br /> Jay Pawar | | children = Parth Pawar <br /> Jay Pawar | ||
| website = http://www.ajitpawar.org | | website = {{URL|http://www.ajitpawar.org}} | ||
| footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
| date = 24 October | | date = 24 October | ||
| year = 2019 | | year = 2019 | ||
| source = | | source = | ||
| native_name_lang = mar | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Ajit Anantrao Pawar''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[əd͡ʒit̪ pəʋaːɾ]]]; born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician | '''Ajit Anantrao Pawar''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[əd͡ʒit̪ pəʋaːɾ]]]; born 22 July 1959) is an [[Indian politician]]. He was the 8th Deputy Chief Minister of [[Maharashtra]] in his latest stint as a minister. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Anuja|date=2019-12-30|title=Thackeray expands Maharashtra cabinet, Ajit Pawar is deputy CM|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/ajit-pawar-is-maharashtra-deputy-cm-aaditya-thackeray-becomes-minister-11577698884628.html|access-date=2021-09-18|website=livemint.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 30, 2019|title=Deputy CM for fourth time: The return of Ajit Pawar|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/deputy-cm-for-fourth-time-the-return-of-ajit-pawar-1632651-2019-12-30|access-date=2021-09-18|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> He was guardian minister for the District of [[Pune district|Pune, India]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-09|title=Ajit Pawar is guardian minister of Pune district|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/ajit-pawar-is-guardian-minister-of-pune-district-6207413/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> | ||
He is a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baramati Election Result 2019 Live: Baramati MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/baramati-assembly-elections-mh-201/|access-date=2021-09-18|website= | He is a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baramati Election Result 2019 Live: Baramati MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/baramati-assembly-elections-mh-201/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref> representing [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rana|first=Lakshya|date=2019-10-24|title=Baramati Vidhan Sabha Chunav Results Live Updates: बारामती में 1,65,265 वोटों से जीते एनसीपी के अजित पवार, भाजपा प्रत्याशी को हराया|url=https://www.indiatv.in/elections/maharashtra-vidhan-sabha-chunav-2019-baramati-vidhan-sabha-results-live-updates-gopichand-kundlik-padalkar-ajit-667784|access-date=2021-09-18|website=India TV Hindi|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 23, 2019|title=Surprise, surprise: Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra CM, Ajit Pawar Dy CM|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/devendra-fadnavis-maharashtra-cm-again-1621847-2019-11-23|access-date=2022-03-06|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> He is the nephew of [[Sharad Pawar]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-11-27|title=How Sharad Pawar outwitted his nephew Ajit|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/how-sharad-pawar-outwitted-his-nephew-ajit/story-7v57qtLvKZwtoL52ipwTON.html|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> chief of [[Nationalist Congress Party]]. Besides being the [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], he was also the [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Finance Minister of Maharashtra.]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Deshpande|first=Alok|others=PTI|date=2020-01-05|title=Maharashtra portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets Finance, Anil Deshmukh Home Ministry|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/governor-approves-allocation-of-portfolios-to-maharashtra-ministers/article30483718.ece|access-date=2021-09-18|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ajit Pawar Bags Finance as Uddhav Govt Announces Portfolios, Tourism & Env for Aaditya Thackeray|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/uddhav-govt-announces-portfolios-ajit-pawar-gets-finance-tourism-environment-for-aaditya-thackeray-2445943.html|access-date=2021-09-18|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | == Early life == | ||
Pawar was born on 22 July 1959 at his grandfather's place in Deolali Pravara, [[Ahmednagar district]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ajit Aanantrao Pawar (Nationalist Congress Party):Constituency- Baramati (Pune) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/maharashtra2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=10610|access-date=2021-09-18|website=myneta.info}}</ref> He completed his schooling in [[Deolali]] Pravara. He hails from the village of Katevadi in [[Baramati]] taluka, Pune district. He is nephew of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] President, [[Sharad Pawar]]. Pawar is son of [[Sharad Pawar]]'s elder brother, Anantrao Pawar. Anantrao had initially worked for renowned film maker [[V.Shantaram]]'s [[Rajkamal Kalamandir|Rajkamal Studios]] in [[Mumbai]]. Pawar's grandfather, Govindrao Pawar, was employed with Baramati Co-operative trading and his grandmother looked after the family farm. | |||
Pawar was pursuing a college degree; however, due to the death of his father, he dropped out to help take care of his family. He is educated up to Secondary school level and holds the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from the [[Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education|Maharashtra State Board]]. | |||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
While Pawar was pursuing his primary education at ''Deolali Pravara'', his uncle, [[Sharad Pawar]] was a rising political figure in the ruling Congress party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-ajit-pawar-500245 |title=Ajit Pawar |publisher=NDTV |access-date=29 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529204442/https://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-ajit-pawar-500245 |archive-date=29 May 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Pawar moved to then Bombay for more extensive education. Pawar made his foray into politics in 1982, when he was elected to the board of a [[Cooperative sugar factories in Maharashtra|cooperative sugar factory]]. He was elected as a chairman of the [[Pune District Central Cooperative Bank|Pune District Co-operative Bank]] (PDC) in 1991 and remained in post for 16 years. During this period he was also elected as [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] from the [[Baramati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] Parliamentary Constituency. He later vacated his [[Lok Sabha]] seat in favour of his uncle, Sharad Pawar, who had then become the defence minister in [[PV Narasimha Rao]]'s government. Later, he was elected as a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] Assembly Constituency. Pawar was re-elected from the same constituency in 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/baramati-stays-with-ajit-pawar/|title=Baramati stays with Ajit Pawar|work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=20 October 2014|access-date=7 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112215336/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/baramati-stays-with-ajit-pawar/|archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
He went on to become the Minister of State for Agriculture and Power (June 1991 - November 1992) in [[Sudhakarrao Naik]]'s government.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra|url=https://maharashtrasadan.maharashtra.gov.in/Deputy-CM-New.html|access-date=2022-01-27|website=maharashtrasadan.maharashtra.gov.in}}</ref> | |||
He became the Minister of State for Soil Conservation, Power and Planning (November 1992 - February 1993) when [[Sharad Pawar]] returned to the state as the Chief Minister. When the [[Indian National Congress]]-NCP coalition came into power in 1999, Pawar was promoted to cabinet minister in the Irrigation Department (October 1999 - December 2003) in [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]'s government. He was given additional charge of the Rural Development Department (December 2003 - October 2004) in [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'s government.<ref name="auto"/> | |||
When Congress-NCP combination returned to power in 2004, he retained the Water Resources Ministry in Deshmukh's government and later in [[Ashok Chavan]]'s government. | When Congress-NCP combination returned to power in 2004, he retained the Water Resources Ministry in Deshmukh's government and later in [[Ashok Chavan]]'s government. | ||
On 23 November 2019, Pawar was sworn as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra State with BJP without his party's consent. He submitted paper with signatures of NCP MLAs to Governor of State. He was on the post for less than 80 hours, becoming Deputy CM with the shortest tenure in [[Devendra Fadnavis]] led government. On 1 December 2019, it was announced that Pawar would take over as Deputy Chief Minister for the [[Maha Vikas Aghadi]] administration after the commencement of the winter session of the state legislature on 16 December.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/ajit-pawar-to-be-deputy-cm-after-winter-session-begins/articleshow/72326204.cms|title=Ajit Pawar to be deputy CM after winter session begins|date=2 December 2019|first=Prafulla|last=Marpakwar|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}}</ref> | |||
==Controversies== | == Controversies == | ||
{{controversy section|date=June 2022}} | |||
There are allegations that, as the minister for water resources, he spared no efforts to help in the development of [[Lavasa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 |title=Lavasa's journey downhill |publisher=Down To Earth |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703211319/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 |archive-date=3 July 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> a project touted as a "vision of Sharad Pawar". The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) leased {{convert|141.15|ha|abbr=on}} to Lavasa in August 2002, which included part of the Warasgaon dam reservoir. The lease between MKVDC and Lavasa was executed at rates far below the market rate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 |title=Lavasa exposed |publisher=Down To Earth |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501192046/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 |archive-date=1 May 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
He told the Indian Election Commission in 2004 that he had financial assets of more than 3 crore Rupees at that time.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} | |||
In September 2012, there were accusations that there had been misappropriation of funds amounting to {{INR}} 70,000 Crores. These allegations were made by the Maharashtra bureaucrat, [[Vijay Pandhare]], and caused [[Anjali Damania]] to request Pawar's resignation as a minister. However, the allegations were not proven, and he was successfully reinstated as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ajit-pawar-to-return-as-maharashtra-deputy-chief-minister-112120605099_1.html|title= Ajit Pawar reinstated |newspaper=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-24|date= 6 December 2012 }}</ref> | |||
On 7 April 2013, | On 7 April 2013, Pawar in an attempt at being comical about his inability to bring waters to the dams, made a controversial statement in a speech at [[Indapur]]. Activists were fasting for 55 days in Maharashtra, against the Maharashtra government and their incompetence of not providing relief in the form of water to citizens suffering from the drought. In response to this, in a speech at large crowd gathering, Pawar stated: "If there is no water in the dam ... Should we urinate into it?". Due to the political and media pressure, he publicly apologized for the statement, admitting that the comment was the biggest mistake of his life.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 2013 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-08/india/38372423_1_ajit-pawar-crass-humour-deputy-cm |title=Ajit Pawar apologizes again, says 'this is biggest mistake of my life' |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601065447/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-08/india/38372423_1_ajit-pawar-crass-humour-deputy-cm |archive-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead |work=[[The Times of India]] |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:People from Baramati]] | [[Category:People from Baramati]] | ||
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| 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| In office 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022[1] | |||||||||||||
| Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | ||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Uddhav Thackeray | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Himself | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Devendra Fadnavis | ||||||||||||
| In office 23 November 2019 – 26 November 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | President's rule | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Himself | ||||||||||||
| In office 25 October 2012 – 26 September 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Prithviraj Chavan | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Himself | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | President's rule | ||||||||||||
| In office 10 November 2010 – 25 September 2012 | |||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Prithviraj Chavan | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chhagan Bhujbal | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Himself | ||||||||||||
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| Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council | |||||||||||||
| In office 24 February 2020 – 29 June 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | ||||||||||||
| Chairman | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | ||||||||||||
| Deputy Leader | Subhash Desai | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by |
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| Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
| In office 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Governor | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | ||||||||||||
| Speaker | Nana Patole | ||||||||||||
| Leader | Uddhav Thackeray | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Girish Mahajan | ||||||||||||
| Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| In office 07 December 2012 – 26 September 2014 | |||||||||||||
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| Chief Minister | Prithviraj Chavan | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Himself | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sudhir Mungantiwar | ||||||||||||
| In office 11 November 2010 – 25 September 2012 | |||||||||||||
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| Chief Minister | Prithviraj Chavan | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sunil Tatkare | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Prithviraj Chavan(Acting) | ||||||||||||
| In office 7 November 2009 – 10 November 2010 | |||||||||||||
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| Chief Minister | Ashok Chavan | ||||||||||||
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| In office 08 December 2008 – 06 November 2009 | |||||||||||||
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| Chief Minister | Ashok Chavan | ||||||||||||
| In office 09 November 2004 – 01 December 2008 | |||||||||||||
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| Chief Minister | Vilasrao Deshmukh | ||||||||||||
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1991 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sharad Pawar | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Baramati | ||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||
| In office 03 May 1991 – 20 June 1991 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Shankarrao Bajirao Patil | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sharad Pawar | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Baramati | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 July 1959 Deolali Pravara, Bombay State (now in Maharashtra), India | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Sunetra Pawar | ||||||||||||
| Children | Parth Pawar Jay Pawar | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Sahyog, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||
| As of 24 October, 2019 | |||||||||||||
Ajit Anantrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: [əd͡ʒit̪ pəʋaːɾ]; born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician. He was the 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in his latest stint as a minister. [2][3] He was guardian minister for the District of Pune, India.[4]
He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[5] representing Baramati constituency.[6][7] He is the nephew of Sharad Pawar,[8] chief of Nationalist Congress Party. Besides being the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, he was also the Finance Minister of Maharashtra.[9][10]
Early life
Pawar was born on 22 July 1959 at his grandfather's place in Deolali Pravara, Ahmednagar district.[11] He completed his schooling in Deolali Pravara. He hails from the village of Katevadi in Baramati taluka, Pune district. He is nephew of the Nationalist Congress Party President, Sharad Pawar. Pawar is son of Sharad Pawar's elder brother, Anantrao Pawar. Anantrao had initially worked for renowned film maker V.Shantaram's Rajkamal Studios in Mumbai. Pawar's grandfather, Govindrao Pawar, was employed with Baramati Co-operative trading and his grandmother looked after the family farm.
Pawar was pursuing a college degree; however, due to the death of his father, he dropped out to help take care of his family. He is educated up to Secondary school level and holds the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from the Maharashtra State Board.
Political career
While Pawar was pursuing his primary education at Deolali Pravara, his uncle, Sharad Pawar was a rising political figure in the ruling Congress party.[12] Pawar moved to then Bombay for more extensive education. Pawar made his foray into politics in 1982, when he was elected to the board of a cooperative sugar factory. He was elected as a chairman of the Pune District Co-operative Bank (PDC) in 1991 and remained in post for 16 years. During this period he was also elected as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from the Baramati Parliamentary Constituency. He later vacated his Lok Sabha seat in favour of his uncle, Sharad Pawar, who had then become the defence minister in PV Narasimha Rao's government. Later, he was elected as a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Baramati Assembly Constituency. Pawar was re-elected from the same constituency in 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014.[13] He went on to become the Minister of State for Agriculture and Power (June 1991 - November 1992) in Sudhakarrao Naik's government.[14]
He became the Minister of State for Soil Conservation, Power and Planning (November 1992 - February 1993) when Sharad Pawar returned to the state as the Chief Minister. When the Indian National Congress-NCP coalition came into power in 1999, Pawar was promoted to cabinet minister in the Irrigation Department (October 1999 - December 2003) in Vilasrao Deshmukh's government. He was given additional charge of the Rural Development Department (December 2003 - October 2004) in Sushilkumar Shinde's government.[14] When Congress-NCP combination returned to power in 2004, he retained the Water Resources Ministry in Deshmukh's government and later in Ashok Chavan's government.
On 23 November 2019, Pawar was sworn as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra State with BJP without his party's consent. He submitted paper with signatures of NCP MLAs to Governor of State. He was on the post for less than 80 hours, becoming Deputy CM with the shortest tenure in Devendra Fadnavis led government. On 1 December 2019, it was announced that Pawar would take over as Deputy Chief Minister for the Maha Vikas Aghadi administration after the commencement of the winter session of the state legislature on 16 December.[15]
Controversies
Template:Controversy section There are allegations that, as the minister for water resources, he spared no efforts to help in the development of Lavasa,[16] a project touted as a "vision of Sharad Pawar". The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) leased 141.15 ha (348.8 acres) to Lavasa in August 2002, which included part of the Warasgaon dam reservoir. The lease between MKVDC and Lavasa was executed at rates far below the market rate.[17]
He told the Indian Election Commission in 2004 that he had financial assets of more than 3 crore Rupees at that time.[citation needed]
In September 2012, there were accusations that there had been misappropriation of funds amounting to ₹ 70,000 Crores. These allegations were made by the Maharashtra bureaucrat, Vijay Pandhare, and caused Anjali Damania to request Pawar's resignation as a minister. However, the allegations were not proven, and he was successfully reinstated as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[18]
On 7 April 2013, Pawar in an attempt at being comical about his inability to bring waters to the dams, made a controversial statement in a speech at Indapur. Activists were fasting for 55 days in Maharashtra, against the Maharashtra government and their incompetence of not providing relief in the form of water to citizens suffering from the drought. In response to this, in a speech at large crowd gathering, Pawar stated: "If there is no water in the dam ... Should we urinate into it?". Due to the political and media pressure, he publicly apologized for the statement, admitting that the comment was the biggest mistake of his life.[19]
See also
References
- ↑ ""Not Accepted Happily": Sharad Pawar On Devendra Fadnavis's Number 2 Post". NDTV.com.
- ↑ Anuja (30 December 2019). "Thackeray expands Maharashtra cabinet, Ajit Pawar is deputy CM". livemint.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Deputy CM for fourth time: The return of Ajit Pawar". India Today. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ajit Pawar is guardian minister of Pune district". The Indian Express. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Baramati Election Result 2019 Live: Baramati MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". oneindia.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ Rana, Lakshya (24 October 2019). "Baramati Vidhan Sabha Chunav Results Live Updates: बारामती में 1,65,265 वोटों से जीते एनसीपी के अजित पवार, भाजपा प्रत्याशी को हराया". India TV Hindi (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Surprise, surprise: Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra CM, Ajit Pawar Dy CM". India Today. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "How Sharad Pawar outwitted his nephew Ajit". Hindustan Times. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ Deshpande, Alok (5 January 2020). "Maharashtra portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets Finance, Anil Deshmukh Home Ministry". The Hindu. PTI. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ajit Pawar Bags Finance as Uddhav Govt Announces Portfolios, Tourism & Env for Aaditya Thackeray". News18. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ajit Aanantrao Pawar (Nationalist Congress Party):Constituency- Baramati (Pune) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ajit Pawar". NDTV. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ↑ "Baramati stays with Ajit Pawar". The Indian Express. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra". maharashtrasadan.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ Marpakwar, Prafulla (2 December 2019). "Ajit Pawar to be deputy CM after winter session begins". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ↑ "Lavasa's journey downhill". Down To Earth. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ↑ "Lavasa exposed". Down To Earth. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ↑ "Ajit Pawar reinstated". Business Standard India. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ↑ "Ajit Pawar apologizes again, says 'this is biggest mistake of my life'". The Times of India. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.