Occupation: | Politician |
Children: | Manali Jagtap and Namita Jagtap |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Spouse: | Tejaswani Jagtap |
Office: | Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council |
Term Start: | 17 August 2022 |
Governor: | |
2Blankname: | Chairmen of the House |
2Namedata: | Neelam Gorhe Acting |
1Blankname: | Leader of the Opposition |
1Namedata: | Ambadas Danve |
Predecessor: | Niranjan Davkhare |
Office1: | President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee |
Term Start1: | 19 December 2020 |
Term End1: | 9 June 2023 |
1Blankname1: | National President Indian National Congress |
1Namedata1: | Sonia Gandhi (Interim) Mallikarjun Kharge |
Predecessor1: | Eknath Gaikwad |
Successor1: | Varsha Gaikwad |
Office2: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council |
Term Start3: | January 2016 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Bhai Jagtap (birth name Ashok Arjunrao Jagtap) is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress from Mumbai Maharashtra. He is a two term Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) and a one term Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA). He formerly served as the President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee.
Jagtap started his political career as a trade union leader. His Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari Mahasangh was a success story among trade unions.[1] [2] In 2001, he joined the Indian National Congress and stood for assembly election in the 2004 election in which he won the Khetwadi constituency.[3]
Jagtap is married to Tejaswaniben Jagtap with whom they have two daughters. He comes from a village Shigwan, Mandangad taluka, Ratnagiri district, and moved to Mumbai to pursue higher education and got active in student politics through National Students' Union of India.