Date Of Birth: 20/07/1963
Birth Place:Mumbai, Maharashtra
Party Name:Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Email ID:vinodtawde@rediffmail.com
Mobile No:9821053178
Offices Held
| Year | Party | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) | Secretary General of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) |
| 1993-1994 | Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) | National Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) |
| 1995-1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | General Secretary Mumbai Metropolitan Unit |
| 1999-2002 | Bharatiya Janata Party | President, Mumbai Metropolitan Unit |
| 2002-2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | State General Secretary |
| 2011-2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Opposition Leader, Maharashtra Legislative Council |
| 2002-Present | Bharatiya Janata Party | Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Minister of State for School Education, Higher and Technical Education, Medical Education, Sports and Youth Welfare, Cultural Affairs and Marathi Language, Government of Maharashtra |
| 2018 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Minister of State for School Education, Higher and Technical Education, Minority Development and Wakf, Sports and Youth Welfare, Cultural Affairs, and Marathi Language, Government of Maharashtra |
| 2019-Present | Bharatiya Janata Party | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Higher and Technical Education, Cultural Affairs, Marathi Language, Minority Development and Wakf |
Education
SSC, St. Anthony High School, Santacruz (E), Mumbai, 1978
HSC, Parle College, Mumbai, 1980
B.E Electronics, Sant Dyaneshwar Vidyapeeth (Pune), 1984
Career
Vinod Tawde is a Farmer and Businessman by profession. He started his political career as a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyathari Parishad (ABVP) the students wing of the BJP. He has been elected to the Legislative Council three times where as a Leader of opposition, Vinod Tawde ensure that all the irregularities and corruption by Congress-NCP Govt is exposed, raised voice for public concern issues and toured the state extensively to ensure the allocation of funds to areas affected with natural calamities.
Vinod Tawde advocated for the reservation of Maratha Community and was a key figure in its implementation.
The issues of youth have always been a high priority on his agenda and he worked actively towards addressing their various issues.He has also raised the concern for the MIDC to provide plots to organisations like the DICCI on a priority basis to provide self-employment to backward youth.
Vinod Tawde has also raised his voice on the issue of reclaiming of unused MHADA land and in 2012 asked then Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chauhan to reclaim the land.
Vinod Tawde also saw that false implications and the wrong directions were taking place in the murder investigation of slain journalist J Dey.
Vinod Tawde has demanded early completion of the memorial of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj being built in the Arabian sea and has attempted to tweak a law to bring Shivaji Park out of the silence zone as it is a historical ground for political rallies.
Vinod Tawde was the first leader to demand a separate budget for agriculture in the state and consistently proposed measures that the government should implement to enhance agriculture productivity and prevent suicides in famers.
In connection to the Adarsh housing society scam, Vinod Tawde demanded a special session of the state Legislature to table the action taken report (ATR), however the government took no action.
Criminal Record
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Cases where Charges Framed
Cases where Cognizance Taken
Cases where Convicted
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Brief Details of IPCs 1 charges related to Punishment for Defamation (IPC Section-500) |
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Networth (Assets & Liabilities)
As of 2014:
Assets: Rs 6,97,76,904
Liabilities: Rs 10,43,751
Controversy
An undergraduate student in Maharashtra's Amravati district had alleged that Minister Vinod Tawde ordered his arrest when he was recording a conversation between him and a fellow student. The student, Yuvraj Dabad, also claimed that following the alleged order, the local police detained him for a couple of hours and seized his smartphone which was returned after the video-recording was deleted from it. The alleged incident took place on after Vinod Tawde inaugurated an elocution competition at a college in Amravati, Vinod Tawde was leaving after his speech at the event when some reached out to him near his vehicle, seeking his response on a free-education policy. Another student Prasant Rathod alleges that Vinod Tawde told him to get a job if he could not afford his education when asked about the free education policy. Prashant claims that Yuvraj recorded the entire exchange between him and Vinod Tawde and did not stop recording even after being told by the minister to stop after which they claim Mr. Tawde ordered the arrest of Yuvraj. Yuvraj claims he was taken off the college campus and detained in a police vehicle where his handset was taken from him and returned back to him later that evening with all his videos deleted without his permission.
Vinod Tawde denied these claims, and labelled them as false and part of a lie being spread against him.
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