Office1: | Minister of state Government of Maharashtra |
Term Start1: | 8 July 2016 |
Term End1: | 8 November 2019 |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Devendra Fadnavis |
2Blankname1: | Department |
2Namedata1: | Public Works Energy Tourism Food & Drug Administration |
Office2: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Term Start2: | (2014-2019), (2019-Incumbent) |
Predecessor2: | Nandini Deshmukh Parvekar |
Constituency2: | Yavatmal |
Term Start3: | (2004 |
Term End3: | 2009) |
Predecessor3: | Kirti Gandhi |
Successor3: | Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar |
Constituency3: | Yavatmal |
Birth Date: | 1963 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Yavatmal, Maharashtra |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse: | Minal Yerawar |
Children: | 2 |
Father: | Madhukarao Govindrao Yerawar |
Education: | Diploma in Pharmacy |
Madan Madhukarrao Yerawar is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Yavatmal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) serving his third term as MLA.
Madan Yerawar was made Minister of State in First Fadnavis ministry for Energy, Tourism, Food and Drugs Administration and Public work. He held this position during October 2014 to November 2019.[1]
He has been a former member of the Assembly from Yavatmal in 2004 by defeating MLA Kirti Gandhi of INC.
[2] His victory was amongst the five seats won by the BJP, that resulted in the Indian National Congress (INC) not being able to win a single seat in Yavatmal district once its stronghold.[3]
He is a stakeholder in Chintamani Agrotech a company involved in power generation in Yavatmal, a company that had Nitin Gadkari as one of its directors.[4] He is considered as a "protege'" of Gadkari, and the 2014 contest had been considered as a "prestige issue" for Gadkari and Ajit Pawar whose mentee Sandeep Bajoria was pitted against him.He was also a guardian minister of Buldhana district & Yavatmal district which is located in Vidharbha Maharashtra India.[5] [6]