Bhaskar Jadhav

Bhaskar Bhaurao Jadhav (born 1 August 1957) is an Indian politician from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. He is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Guhagar^[1] and has previously served as Cabinet Minister for Water Resources.^[2] He has also held roles as Minister of State for Urban Development, Forest, Ports, Sports & Youth Welfare, Parliamentary Affairs, Ex-Defence Welfare, Law & Order, Fisheries, and served as the Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.

Bhaskar Jadhav
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Vinay Natu
Constituency	Guhagar
Minister of Water Resources Government of Maharashtra
In office 26 June 2014 – 19 October 2014
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Portfolio	Water Resources
President of the Nationalist Congress Party (Maharashtra)
In office 15 June 2013 – 25 June 2014
Preceded by	Madhukar Pichad
Succeeded by	Sunil Tatkare
Minister of State Government of Maharashtra
In office 19 November 2010 – 11 June 2013
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Portfolios	Urban Development Forest Ports Sports & Youth Welfare Parliamentary Affairs Fisheries Law & Order
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 2006–2009
Preceded by	Anant Tare
Succeeded by	Anil Tatkare
Constituency	Raigad–Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Local Authorities
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 1995–2004
Preceded by	Bapu Khedekar
Succeeded by	Ramesh Kadam
Constituency	Chiplun
Personal details
Born	(1957-08-01) August 1, 1957 (age 68) Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Party	Shiv Sena (UBT) (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	Shiv Sena (–2004; 2019–2022) Nationalist Congress Party (2004–2019)
Occupation	Politician

He earlier represented the Chiplun constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004.^[3] After disagreements with the leadership, he left Shiv Sena and contested the 2004 Assembly election from Chiplun as an Independent but was unsuccessful.^[4] After the 2004 election, he joined the Nationalist Congress Party. He was later elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Raigad–Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Local Authorities constituency, serving from 2006 to 2009.^[5] In the 2009 Assembly elections, he contested from Guhagar and went on to win the seat for four consecutive terms.^[6] He also served as the Maharashtra state president of the Nationalist Congress Party from 2013 to 2014.^[7]

In 2019, he rejoined Shiv Sena,^[8] and after the 2022 party split, he remained with Shiv Sena (UBT).

Positions held

• 1992: Elected as Member of the Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad.
• 1995: Elected as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term).
• 1999: Re-elected as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term).
• 2006: Elected as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
• 2009: Re-elected as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term).^[9]
• 19 November 2010 – 11 June 2013: Appointed Minister of State for-
  • Urban Development
  • Forest
  • Ports
  • Sports & Youth Welfare
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Fisheries
  • Law & Order
• 19 November 2010 – 11 June 2013: Simultaneously served as Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri District.
• 2013: Appointed Maharashtra State President of the Nationalist Congress Party
• 26 June 2014 – 19 October 2014: Appointed Cabinet Minister of Water Resources.
• 2014: Re-elected as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term).^[10]
• 2019: Re-elected as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (5th term).^[11]
• 2024: Re-elected as Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (6th term).^[12]
• 2024: Appointed Shiv Sena (UBT) Group Leader of the newly elected MLAs.^[13]