Maharashtra New Chief Ministerial Favorite Candidate Devendra Fadnavis, Most Challenging Youth of india,Best Speaker of india,Best Parliamentarian of india
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Profile of Probable Chief Minister of Maharshtra: Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Gangadhar Fadnavis was born 22 July 1970) is speculated to be the 23rd Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is the president of Maharashtra state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party and MLA of Maharashtra from Nagpur. He also served as Mayor of Nagpur.
His political career commenced in the early nineties, where he joined the BJP Maharashtra as a ward President, BJYM.
Devendra became the youngest municipal corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation at the age of 21 and remained corporator for two consecutive terms, in 1992 and 1997.
He was the second youngest mayor elected in India, when he served as the Mayor of Nagpur at the age of 27, in 1997. He is also the only person to be re-elected as the Mayor in Council of the State of Maharashtra. He has been elected Member of theLegislative Assembly of Maharashtra State, representing Nagpur, since, 1999.
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Political career
Positions held
Within BJP
Legislative
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - 4 consecutive terms, since 1999
- Member, Nagpur Municipal Corporation - For 2 consecutive terms, during 1992 to 2001
- Mayor, City of Nagpur – twice
- Mayor in Council - First to hold this position and was re-elected.
BMC
Served as a member on:
- Estimate Committee
- Rules Committee
- Public Undertaking Committee
- Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran
- Standing Committee on Urban Development and Housing
- Joint Select Committee on Reserve Funds
- Joint Select Committee on Self Finance Schools
Awards
- "Best Parliamentarian" Award for Year 2002–03 by the Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association.
- "Best Speaker" Award in National Inter University Debate.
- Rotary’s "Most Challenging Youth" Regional Award.
- Best Parliamentarian’ award in the memory of Late Pramodji Mahajan by Muktchand, Pune.
- "Rajyogi Neta" award by Prunavad Parivar, Nasik.
- Recipient of the ‘Bose Prize in Hindu Law’