Suresh Jain | |
|---|---|
| Member of theMaharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1980–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain |
| Succeeded by | Suresh Damu Bhole |
| Constituency | Jalgaon City |
| Cabinet Minister, Maharashtra State Government | |
| In office 1995–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Other political affiliations | •Indian National Congress Nationalist Congress Party[1][2] |
| Residence(s) | Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India |
| Profession | Politician |
Sureshkumar Bhikamchand Jain, (known asSuresh Jain), is an Indian politician fromJalgaon,Maharashtra. He changed his party affiliation a number of times in his political career and has been elected to theMaharashtra Vidhan Sabha for a record nine times.[3][needs update]He is a convicted criminal in theJalgaon housing scam.
He was a minister in Maharashtra government and was a main conspirator inJalgaon Gharkul Ghotala (transl. Jalgaon housing scam).[4][5][6] The court granted him 7 year imprisonment when found guilty. Due to the scamJalgaon Municipal Corporation lost 150 crore rupees. It is considered as one of the massive corruption scams in Maharashtra.[7][8]
Jain was elected from Jalgaon constituency in 1980 as anIndian National Congress (Indira) candidate, in 1985 as anIndian Congress (Socialist) candidate, in 1990 as anIndian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha candidate, in 1995 as anIndian National Congress candidate, in 1999 as aShiv Sena candidate, in 2004, as aNationalist Congress Party candidate and in 2009, he was elected fromJalgaon City constituency as aShiv Sena candidate.
1980 to 2014 elected nine times consecutively as MLA to the State of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. During this period, he has been elected / selected to different political positions as below.
In the 1990s Jain was in theShiv Sena party and served as a state minister. He was a prominent leader for Shivsena inNorth Maharashtra.[9]
In 1996, Jain was the main accused in theJalgaon housing scam and was sentenced to jail. Jalgaon police arrested him in March 2012 on the basis of inquiry report submitted by then Jalgaon municipal commissioner Pravin Gedam.[10] The Jalgaon district court found him guilty, convicted him in this crime and sentenced to a fine of₹110crore with seven years of imprisonment.[11][12]
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