Lalit Vijay Kolhe is an Indian politician, who is currently serving as the Mayor of Jalgaon.[1][3] He is affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party since July 2018.[4][5] He was formerly associated with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.[6][7]

Lalit Kolhe
Former Mayor of Jalgaon
In office
September 2017[1]
Preceded byNitin Ladda
Deputy Mayor of Jalgaon
In office
2016–2017
Corporator, Jalgaon Municipal Corporation
In office
1996–2016
ConstituencyJalgaon Municipal Corporation
Personal details
Born (1975-01-22) 22 January 1975 (age 49)[2]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (since July 2018)
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Khandesh Vikas Aghadi

He was elected as the Mayor of Jalgaon in September 2017, succeeded by Nitin Ladda.[1] Before his appointment to Mayor of Jalgaon Municipal Corporation, he was serving as the Jalgaon's deputy mayor, with support of MNS and Khandesh Vikas Aghadi, a party led by former Maharashtra Minister Suresh Jain.[8]

He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 and 2014 legislative assembly election from Jalgaon (Assembly constituency) on the ticket of MNS.[9][10]

Kolhe served as a corporator to the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation for Ward No.17-B from 1996 to 2016.[11]

He also served as the Nagpur district president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena[2] and he resigned from his post in November 2014.[12]

Positions held

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# From To Position Refs.
01 2017 Incumbent Mayor of Jalgaon [1]
02 2016 2017 Deputy Mayor of Jalgaon [8]
03 1996 2016 Corporator, Jalgaon Municipal Corporation [11]
04 - 2014 Chief, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Jalgaon district [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Banerjee, Shoumojit (7 September 2017). "MNS's Kolhe is Jalgaon mayor". The Hindu.
  2. ^ a b "Mayors's Desk". jcmc.gov.in. 29 August 2019.
  3. ^ "कोल्हे कुटुंबीयांचे जळगाव महापालिकेत वर्चस्व" (in Marathi). Lokmat. 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ "महापौर कोल्हे भाजपवासी". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 9 July 2018.
  5. ^ "मनसेचे गटनेते ललित कोल्हे महापौर". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 8 September 2017.
  6. ^ Deshpande, Shrinivas (4 August 2018). "BJP scores spectacular victory over Cong-NCP in Sangli and Jalgaon despite Maratha stir civic polls". Hindustan Times.
  7. ^ "जळगावचे महापौर ललित कोल्हे यांच्यासह सहा नगरसेवक भाजपत" (in Marathi). Divya Bhaskar. 9 July 2018.
  8. ^ a b Shaikh, Zeeshan (27 August 2017). "MNS corporator set to become Jalgaon mayor". The Indian Express.
  9. ^ "Jalgaon Election Results". Elections.in. 29 August 2019.
  10. ^ "General elections to State legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Maharashtra.gov.in. 29 August 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Election Results Archive – Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation Third Term Election". Ejalgaon.com. 29 August 2019.
  12. ^ a b "MNS leader Lalit Kolhe resigns from his post". Webindia123. 5 November 2014.