Chhagan Bhujbal

Chhagan Bhujbal (Marathi: छगन भुजबळ) (born October 15, 1947) is a politician from the state of Maharashtra, India. At present he is Minister of Public Works & Special Assistance Department, (Excluding Public Undertaking) Maharashtra State and Guardian Minister, Nashik District; Member of Legislative Assembly, Yeola Assembly ; Constituency. .;.

Bhujbal started his political career with the Shiv Sena party. He left the party in 1991 and joined the Indian National Congress. Later, after the Indian National Congress leader Sharad Pawar decided to split from the Congress and form his own party, the Nationalist Congress Party, Bhujbal went along with him. Guardian Minister Nashik District.

Chagan Bhujbal is an Other Backward Class(OBC) leader and has mass base in Maharashtra. He belongs to Hindu' Mali caste community'. Chhagan Bhujbal started his political career from Shiv Sena in the 1960s. Before entering politics he was a vegetable vendor in Byculla Market where his mother was selling fruits with a small shop.After Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from VJTI,Bombay and being influenced by Shivsena philosophy and more particularly, by the die-hard personality of Shivsena Supremo Shri Balasaheb Thackeray, Bhujbal was evolved into a hard core Shiv Sainik.

Before he was elected as Shivsena Corporator in 1973, Bhujbal had already established his reputation as outspoken, dare devil and fearless leader of the Sena brigade. During his work as Corporator, Bhujbal maintained consistent contact, communication with rank and file of his constituency and its neighbourhood.

Between 1973-1984, Bhujbal became the undisputed leader of the Shivsena-led opposition in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. He was amongst initial members of Shiv Sena and worked enthusiastically to spread Shiv Sena in nooks and corners of Maharashtra. He was duly rewarded for hard work put in party building. He first became a Corporator in BMC & was later elected as Mayor of Mumbai. He was in Shivsena for 25 years and rose from Shakha Pramukh(Branch Head) and worked twice as Mayor of Mumbai.He was amongst earliest MLA's of Shivsena elected from Mazgaon first in 1985 & again in 1990.It is these endearing qualities that helped Bhujbal become the first twice-elected Mayor of India's urbs prima - Mumbai between 1985-1991.

To the city of Mumbai, where he spent his childhood and got his early bearings for survival despite all odds, Bhujbal wanted to offer a fitting payback on assuming Mayorship of the city. Being devoted to the cause of Marathi speaking community and Mumbai's beautification, he evolved his campaign for 'Sundar Mumbai, Marathi Mumbai'.

As part of this campaign, Bhujbal took bold steps to contain the rapid concretisation and pollution that was beginning to threaten Mumbai. He initiated a campaign for planting trees in open spaces and identifying public squares and gardens, while creating beautifully landscaped island-gardens at traffic signals and road dividers. This unique feat of injecting much-needed greenery into a polluted and cemented urban landscape earned him appreciation from all quarters.

With his landmark campaign to make Mumbai city green and pollution-free, Bhujbal actually pioneered the concept of public-private partnership, a revolutionary idea that would go a long way in helping the Mumbai Municipal corporation and later, the Government of Maharashtra