Jaykumar Rawal is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Sindkheda Constituency. Jaykumar Rawal is a descendant of the royal family of Dondaicha Sansthan and his grandfather Sahakar Maharshi Dadasaheb Rawal was the first MLA in 1952. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] Rawal was also Member of Legislative Assembly from Sindkheda in 2009.[2] Rawal was one of the general secretaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party Maharashtra State unit in 2013.[3] He is a Five term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 & 2024.
Jaykumar was appointed Cabinet Minister in Expansion of Devendra Fadnavis Ministry and appointed Tourism, Employment Guarantee Scheme Minister[4] on 8 July 2016.[5] Jaykumar Rawal was appointed Food, Drugs and Protocol Minister in the government of Maharashtra on 4 June 2019.
Controversy
Positions held
Achievements
- Co- ordinator – Youth Forum, All party Young Legislator Association of Maharashtra consisting of 72 MLA's of all parties
(From 2004 till date)
- Student Representative as First Asian in Cardiff University England (UK).
- Played key role in establishing BJP in the district with very significant control over numerous local, political, social, educational, co-operative bodies
- For the first time in Dhule Zilla Parishad, BJP played a major role in establishing Shiv Sena in 2008
- Elected BJP mayor at Dhule Municipal Corporation in 2011 for the first time in history.
- Shindakheda Taluka BJP established power in Shindkheda taluka Municipalities, Panchayat Samiti, Bazar Samiti, Nagar Panchayat and Purchase and Sales Association.
- Got 2 M.P.s elected in Dhule & Nandurbar. Nandurbar M.P. defeated congress sitting minister, 2014
- Recently, BJP established power in Dhule Zilla Parishad, Dhule Municipal Corporation, DDC bank etc.
Within BJP
Legislative
- Corporator, Municipality of Dondaicha - 2001-2004
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly – 2004–2009
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly – Re-elected in 2009
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly – Re-elected third Term in 2014
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - Re-elected fourth Term in 2019
- Tourism, Employment Guarantee Scheme Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra since 8 July 2016-June 2019.
- Food and drugs administration, civil supplies and consumer protection, Tourism Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra since 4 June 2019[7]
- Guardian Minister for Dhule District 2024
See also
References
- ^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2009, to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Suspended MLA Rawal named BJP gen secy". The Indian Express. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Jaykumar Rawal is appointed as Tourism Minister, Government of Maharashtra".
- ^ "Maharashtra Ministry". Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ http://jaykumarrawal.blogspot.in/2015/01/mla-jaykumar-rawal-biodata.html [user-generated source]
- ^ "Maharashtra Cabinet reshuffle: Fadnavis allocates portfolios at midnight, MoS Home for Shiv Sena". 10 July 2016.