Indian politician
Chandrakant Baliram Sonawane is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chopda Assembly Constituency.[1] He belongs to the Shiv Sena party.[2]
Early life
Chandrakant Sonawane was born in a Agriculturist Koli family of Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in 1961.[3]
Political career
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]
Positions held
- 2013: Elected as Corporator in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation [6]
- 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- 2015: Elected as Director of Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank [7]
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