Girish Bapat

Girish Bapat (born 3 September 1950) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Pune, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier he was the Cabinet Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Food and Drugs Administration, Parliamentary Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.[1][2] He was member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and one of top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Vidhansabha. He was elected from Kasba Peth Constituency to the Vidhan Sabha in five consecutive elections since 1995.[3]

Girish Bapat
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byAnil Shirole
ConstituencyPune
Minister of
Food and Drugs Administration
Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection
Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Maharashtra
In office
31 October 2014 – 4 June 2019
GovernorC.V. Rao
Personal details
Born (1950-09-03) 3 September 1950
Pune, Bombay State, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.mahabjp.org/Eng/BjpBadal/Cabinet.aspx

Political career

Bapat started his public career working initially with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. He was appointed Secretary of Pune City BJP in 1980. He was first elected to the Pune Municipal Corporation in a by-election in 1983 and won three subsequent terms. He was appointed the Standing Committee Chairman of Pune Municipal Corporation in 1986-87. He was first elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1995. In 1997, he was appointed the Director of Krishna Khore Vikas Mahamandal. In 2019 General elections, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Pune constituency.

Within BJP

Legislative

Controversies

He was sometimes criticised for slip of tongue.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "Maharashtra BJP > Cabinet". Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. "Kasba Peth (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections". www.elections.in. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. PTI (28 March 2019). "Satellite Shot Down "Kept Watch On India", Tweets BJP Minister; Trolled". NDTV. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. PTI (14 September 2015). "We also watch 'those' videos clips at night, says Maharashtra minister; raises eyebrows". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. Banerjee, Shoumojit (19 January 2019). "HC raps Girish Bapat for misusing position". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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