Charan Waghmare

Charan Waghmare is a politician who served as a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019. He was elected as MLA from the Tumsar Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [1] In 2012, Waghmare was chairman of finance and works committee of Bhandara Zilla Parishad.[2] In 2014 he was president of Bhandara district BJP.[3]

Charan Waghmare
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
for Tumsar
In office
30 December 2014 – 24 October 2019
Succeeded byRaju Karemore
Personal details
Born (1972-01-08) 8 January 1972
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
ResidenceKandri, Tah- Mohadi, Bhandara district, India
OccupationLegislator
As of 28 July, 2016

Career

Waghmare was chairman of the works committee of Bhandara Zilla Parishad (BZP) between June–July 2010 to January 2013. When he finished his term in 2019, he opened a branch of Vikas Foundation 2019.

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

For the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, BJP denied ticket for the Tumsar Assembly Constituency to Charan Waghmare, instead chose Pradeep Motiram Padole. [4] In the aftermath, Charan Waghmare decided to contest the election as an independent candidate. He narrowly lost to sitting MLA Raju Karemore. Charan Waghmare was subsequently expelled from BJP for contesting the election as an independent candidate. [5]

Controversy

Waghmare was chairman of the works committee of Bhandara Zilla Parishad (BZP) between June–July 2010 to January 2013. As chairman, he was entitled to reimbursement of rent for the period of his chairmanship. According to a news story in Nagpur Today, Waghmare showed that he was a tenant in his wife's house and claimed rent of Rs. 4500 per month from the BZP. A rent agreement was drawn between the chief officer of the BZP and Waghmare's wife Vijayshree Waghmare for the purpose. Waghmare was paid a total of Rs. 1,40,000.[6]

On September 28, 2019, Charan Waghmare was arrested by Tumsar police for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman police official. The alleged incident happened on September 16, 2018. [7]

References
  1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjp-cong-expel-top-rebels-in-vid/articleshow/71530322.cms
  2. "Supreme Court dismisses appeal by minister Ranjit Kamble". Times of India. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  3. Roy, Ashish (25 March 2014). "Rivals vow to give NCP's Praful Patel run for his money". Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/maharashtra/tumsar-election-result-s13a060/
  5. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjp-cong-expel-top-rebels-in-vid/articleshow/71530322.cms
  6. "भंडारा : रहते थे अपने घर में और किराया वसूलते थे जिला परिषद से". Nagpur Today (in Hindi). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. "Maharashtra BJP MLA arrested for abusing woman cop". India Today. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.


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