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
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