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Chhagan Bhujbal

About Chhagan Bhujbal

Chhagan Bhujbal

Chhagan Bhujbal is the Cabinet Minister of Food and Civil Supply, Consumer Affairs in Government of Maharashtra and MLA from Yeola Assembly. Bhujbal has held the seat since 2004.

Bhujbal, considered Sharad Pawar’s closest aid, had switched to Ajit Pawar camp during the 2023 rebellion.

Bhujbal, a member of the Mali community, was a prominent leader in the Shiv Sena until he left the party in 1991 to join the Congress. In 1999, when Sharad Pawar split from the Congress to form the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bhujbal, then the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, chose to follow

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Ajit Pawar, Bhujbal meet Fadnavis to discuss allocation of portfolios

A day after joining the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday went to meet Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to discuss allocation of portfolios in the cabinet, sources said. On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to become the deputy chief minister. Eight other NCP leaders were also sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal and a few other NCP leaders have reached Meghdoot bungalow (official residence of Fadnavis). They will discuss the distribution of cabinet portfolios," a source close to Ajit Pawar said. In the past, Ajit Pawar held portfolios such as water resources department, power and finance. Currently, all the three portfolios are with Fadnavis, who also holds charge of the state home department.