Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Name Sushilkumar Shinde Succeeded by Rajnath Singh Preceded by Surjit Singh Barnala Party Indian National Congress | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Spouse Ujwala Shinde (m. 1970) Preceded by P. Chidambaram Role Indian Politician | |
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Preceded by Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Children Praniti Shinde, Preeti Raj Shroff, Preeti Shinde, Smruti Sanjay Pahadiya Parents Sambhajirao Shinde, Sakhu Bai Education University of Mumbai (1969), Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System, Shivaji University | ||
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Sushilkumar Sambhajirao Shinde (born 4 September 1941; Solapur, India) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government, and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until 26 May 2014. He previously served as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra during 18 January 2003 to October 2004.
Contents
- Sushilkumar shinde sonia s next puppet pm
- Early life and education
- Career
- Politics
- North India power failure
- Hindu terror remark
- Addressing Hafiz Saeed as Shri and Mr
- Adarsh Scam Qud pro quo controversy
- Personal life
- In popular culture
- Home minister sushilkumar shinde in aap ki adalat part 1
- References
Early life and education
Shinde was born on 4 September 1941 at Solapur, Maharashtra in a Marathi family. Shinde completed his education with an honours degree in Arts from Dayanand College, Solapur; and later in law from Shivaji University.
Career
Shinde started his career as a bailiff in Solapur sessions court, where he served from 1957 till 1965. Later, he joined the Maharashtra State Police as a constable, and served as sub-inspector of police, Maharashtra state CID for six years under his C.I.D mentor Amukuraj Patil.
Politics
Shinde is a member of the Congress Party. He won the Maharashtra state assembly elections in 1978, 1980, 1985 and 1990. Shinde was elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra during July 1992 to March 1998. In 2002, Shinde lost the election for the post of Vice-President of India contesting against the National Democratic Alliance candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. He served as the chief minister of Maharashtra from 2003 to 2004 before being appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 30 October 2004 replacing Surjit Singh Barnala, who became the Governor of Tamil Nadu. He left the office on 29 January 2006.
Shinde was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha for second time from Maharashtra on 20 March 2006. Shinde became the leader of the ruling party in Lok Sabha after his predecessor Pranab Mukherjee was elected President of India. Shinde served as Power minister of India from 2006–2012. Later, he was appointed Home Minister of India in 2012.
In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Shinde was the Congress party nominee. He was defeated by BJP Candidate Mr. Sharad Bansode.
North India power failure
During the 2012 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. Officials in Uttar 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 chief Avnish Awasthi stated that the grid collapse was due to the states drawing more than their allotted power to meet the summer demand.
"Hindu terror" remark
During a speech made in Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur, Shinde had claimed that the Home Ministry had received a report noting the RSS and BJP were promoting Hindu terrorism through their training camps. He also accused the RSS and BJP of being behind the Samjhauta Express bombings, Mecca Masjid and Malegaon blasts. His statements were condemned by the BJP for claiming something without giving credible proof. The BJP demanded his immediate resignation, which at his failure to do so they would begin nationwide agitation. Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, Dr Praveen Togadia demanded Shinde to take back his words and apologise to the whole country. Shiv Sena also condemned his statement saying that in the aftermath of 26/11 Terrorist Attack, the Congress had said that terror should not be associated with any color or religion. However, this time the Congress had raised the issue of "Saffron terrorism." Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar too slammed him calling his statements "irresponsible" that clearly showed his "immaturity".
The terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Pakistan congratulated him and welcomed his statements.
Addressing Hafiz Saeed as "Shri" and "Mr"
Sushilkumar Shinde came under intense criticism by the Indian media for addressing Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and an alleged conspirator for Mumbai Terror Attacks Hafiz Muhammad Saeed using honorifics like Mr and Shri. Shinde, on December 17, 2012 in an identical statement in both Houses of the Indian Parliament, said “...We had been given to understand by the interior minister of Pakistan that Mr Hafiz Saeed had been arrested on the charges of being a part of the conspiracy for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks ... When we pursued this matter, they gave us papers pertaining to the detentions of Shri Hafiz Saeed in 2002 and 2009..."
Adarsh Scam Qud pro quo controversy
Mr Shinde, held the Urban Development Department portfolio when the Adarsh Housing Society got the largest number of clearances. Shinde, as the chief minister of Maharashtra, had allegedly accepted the proposal sent by Chavan as revenue minister, recommending that 40% of flats in the proposed society be allotted to non-army members. The society was originally meant for the kin of Kargil war martyrs.
Personal life
Sushilkumar Shinde and his wife, Ujwala have three daughters. His daughter Praniti Shinde is an MLA of Solapur, Maharashtra India.
In popular culture
Marathi film, Dusari Goshta (2014) is loosely based on his life from childhood to becoming a popular politician.