27 Facts About Vinod Tawde

Vinod Sridhar Tawde is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Vinod Tawde was the General Secretary for Maharashtra unit of the party, President for Mumbai, All India National Executive Council Member and a key member of co-ordination Committee of the BJP for the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha Election.

Vinod Tawde was the minister for School Education, Higher and technical education, Sports and Youth welfare, Minority development as well as Marathi Bhasha and culture; this is his third consecutive term as the Member of the Legislative Council of Maharashtra.

Vinod Tawde was born on 20 July 1963 in a Maratha family in the Girangaon area of Bombay.

Vinod Tawde is a Higher Secondary School Certificate holder from Sathaye College.

Vinod Tawde was s full time worker of Akhil Bharatiys Vidyarhi Parishad.

In 1995, Vinod Tawde was first named as the Maharashtra General Secretary of the BJP and he served up to 1999.

In 1999, Vinod Tawde was elected as the President of the Mumbai Metropolitan Unit of the BJP.

Vinod Tawde enjoys the record of being the youngest candidate elected for this position.

Vinod Tawde is on the board of directors of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, a non-profit organisation that provides leadership training to socio-political activists.

In Maharashtra assembly election - 2014 Vinod Tawde elected as Member of Legislative assembly of Maharashtra from Borivali assembly constituency.

Vinod Tawde was sworn in as a minister of school education and sports, higher and technical education, medical education, Marathi Bhasha and cultural affairs at an extravagant ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 31 October 2014.

Vinod Tawde consistently supported mill workers who raised their housing concerns; he assured them a fair and just resolution.

Vinod Tawde resolved the issue of overdue insurance premium of 45,000 in the police department.

Vinod Tawde demanded an early completion of memorial of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian Sea which was long pending and was first proposed in 1980.

Vinod Tawde demanded a tweak in law to bring Shivaji Park out of the silence zone stating that the park has a rich political history and prohibiting public rallies out there was not a good precedent.

In 2012, Vinod Tawde asked the chief minister, Prithviraj Chavan to take back those plots where there was nothing built until then.

Vinod Tawde ensured that the Koli brethren was given priority at the time when the municipal markets was being redeveloped.

Vinod Tawde urged that they should be compensated for crop loss; however the government did consider his proposal.

Vinod Tawde exposed the fact that investigation in the case of murder of journalist J Dey was on a wrong track and Jigna Vora has been purposefully implicated in the case.

Vinod Tawde was the first leader to demand a separate budget for agriculture and he consistently proposed measures that the government should implement to enhance agriculture productivity and prevent farmer-suicides.

In connection to the Adarsh housing society scam, Vinod Tawde demanded a special session of the state Legislature to table the action taken report ; however the government took no action.

Vinod Tawde demanded a SIT probe into wakf land allotments.

Vinod Tawde used various legislative devices to compel the government to establish an enquiry committee under chairmanship of Madhavrao Chitale for investigation of corruption in irrigation sector.

Vinod Tawde presented a 15,000-pager documentary evidence before the Chitale Committee; the report of the committee held not only officers but ministers guilty of corruption.

Vinod Tawde condemned government's decision to start a textile park in Baramati; in his opinion the government should have selected a cotton producing district to set up the facility.

Vinod Tawde further pointed out that the textile policy announced by the government was non beneficial for farmers.