Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian former police officer and statesman from the state ofMaharashtra. He was theMinister of Home Affairs,Minister of Power in theManmohan Singh government, and theLeader of the House inLok Sabha[1][2]. He previously served as theChief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to 4 November 2004. Also served asGovernor of Andhra Pradesh prior served as central minister.
Shinde was born inDhor (Caste) on 4 September 1941 atSolapur to Sambhaji Rao Shinde and Sakhu Bai.[3][4] Shinde completed his education with an honours degree in arts from Dayanand College, Solapur and LLB fromILS Law College[5] and New Law College,University of Bombay,Maharashtra.[6]
Sushilkumar Shinde started his career as a bailiff in the Sessions court of Solapur where he worked from 1957 – 1965. He then joined theMaharashtra Police as a constable.[7] Subsequently, he served in the MaharashtraCID for six years,[8] as a sub-inspector of police, under Amukuraj Patil, hisCID mentor.[9]
In the year 1971, Shinde became a member of theCongress Party. He won the Maharashtra state assembly elections in 1974, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 24 May 2003 to August 2004–(General) by-election, September 2004 to 2 October 2004–(General).[10] Shinde was elected toRajya Sabha from Maharashtra during July 1992 to March 1998.[11] In 1999, he acted as campaign manager of the Congress chairpersonSonia Gandhi inAmethi,Uttar Pradesh. In 2002, Shinde lost the election for the post ofVice-President of India contesting against theNational Democratic Alliance candidateBhairon Singh Shekhawat. He served as the chief minister ofMaharashtra from 2003 to 2004. He was appointed theGovernor of Andhra Pradesh on 30 October 2004 replacingSurjit Singh Barnala, who became theGovernor of Tamil Nadu. He left the office on 29 January 2006.
Shinde was elected unopposed to theRajya Sabha for the second time from Maharashtra on 20 March 2006.[12][13][14] Shinde became the leader ofLok Sabha after his predecessorPranab Mukherjee was elected President of India.[15] Shinde served as Power minister of India from 2006 to 2012. Later, he was appointedHome Minister of India in 2012.[16][17] His tenure as a Home Minister saw two major decisions of hanging the terroristsAfzal Guru andAjmal Kasab.[18]
During the2012 northern India power grid failure, Shinde deflected criticism by observing that India was not alone in suffering major power outages, as the United States and Brazil had both experienced similar blackouts within the previous few years.[19][20] Officials inUttar Pradesh, where the problem was believed to have begun, said the grid could not keep up with the huge demand for power in the hot summer.Uttar Pradesh power corporation chiefAwanish Kumar Awasthi stated that the grid collapse was due to the states drawing more than their allotted power to meet the summer demand.[20]
In the2014 Lok Sabha elections, Shinde was theCongress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr.Sharad Bansode.[21]
Sushilkumar Shinde contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections fromSolapur. Shinde was theCongress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Siddheshwar Maharaj by a margin of 156,261 votes.[22]
According to him, the2019 Indian general elections were the last Lok Sabha elections contested by him.[23]
Shinde married Ujwala Shinde on 1 May 1970. The couple has three daughters.[24] One of his daughtersPraniti Shinde isMP ofSolapur, Maharashtra India.[25]
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TheMarathi film,Dusari Goshta (2014) and adocumentary filmAndherese Ujale Ki Aour are based on his life from childhood to becoming a popular politician.
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