Chandrakant Sonawane

Chandrakant Baliram Sonawane is a member of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chopda Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Shiv Sena party.

Early life

Chandrakant Sonawane was born in an Agriculturist Koli family of Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in 1961.

Political career

He was convicted by Dhule District Court of 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.

Positions held

• 2013: Elected as Corporator in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation
• 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• 2015: Elected as Director of Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank

See also

• Raver Lok Sabha constituency
• Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency

References