KirtiKumar Mitesh Bhangdiya[1] better known as Bunty Bhangdiya is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chimur Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] He was the richest candidate from Vidarbha in the 2014 elections.[3] Bhangdiya was founder and head of "Yuvashakti Sanghatna" a political organisation that held power in the Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad in 2014. In August 2014, Bhangdiya joined the BJP.[4][5]
Bhangdiya's father Mitesh Bhangdiya is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council, from the Chandrapur- Gadchiroli- Wardha local body constituency (2012-2018) who also belongs to the BJP. Mitesh Bhangdiya is amongst the leading irrigation contractors in the Vidarbha-Marathwada region.[6] He is known to be very close to Devendra Fadnavis.
On 21 August 2017, Bhangdiya and several of his supporters were charged with assaulting an Indian National Congress leader and several of his own supporters in Chandrapur.[7]
References
edit- ^ "बंटी भांगडियांचा यांचा अखेर भाजपप्रवेश". Gadchiroli Varta (in Marathi). 17 August 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Choudhari, Abhishek (14 October 2014). "BJP's Bhangdiya with Rs 88 crore assets is richest Vidarbha candidate". Times of India. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "मोहन मते, बंटी भांगडिया यांचा आज भाजपप्रवेश". Sakal (in Marathi). 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Council polls: NCP scores big while complacent Cong suffers". The Free Press Journal. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "BJP MLA booked for attacking Cong workers | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 August 2017.