Jitendra Awhad


Jitendra Satish Awhad is an Indian Politician and Cabinet Minister for Housing, Government of Maharashtra and former guardian minister of Solapur district. He is also member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, India. He represents the Mumbra-Kalwa constituency of Thane city as a Nationalist Congress Party member in the Vidhan Sabha. He has previously served as Cabinet Minister of Medical Education and Horticulture in the Government of Maharashtra.

Personal life

Awhad is an Ambedkarite, and follows Buddha.

Controversy

In April 2020, Awhad was involved in an incident where an engineer was beaten up in his bungalow. The victim claimed that Awhad's men took him away on a false pretext and thrashed him for allegedly posting a morphed photo. On Twitter, Avhad called him a pervert and accused him of bullying. Awhad was widely criticized by leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party and demanded his resignation from state ministry, but Awhad also received support from others. Awhad also received multiple online death-threats. On March 9,Thane Police arrested five people in connection with the alleged assault.