Bunty Bhangdiya

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = KirtiKumar Bhangdiya

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Chimur, Maharashtra, India

| image = Bunty Bhangdiya3.jpg

| caption = Bhangdiya during Chimur Kranti Day

| image_size = 290px

| occupation = Politician

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-present)

| office1 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| status = Incumbent

| predecessor1 = Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar

| constituency1 = Chimur

| termstart1 = (2014-2019), (2019-2024), (2024-Present)

}}

KirtiKumar Mitesh Bhangdiya,{{cite news |date=2014-08-17 |title=मोहन मते, बंटी भांगडिया यांचा आज भाजपप्रवेश |url=http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20140817/5122345289667758910.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012809/http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20140817/5122345289667758910.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=9 July 2015 |work=Sakal |language=Marathi}} also known as Bunty Bhau Bhangdiya, is an Indian politician serving as a 15th Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web |title=Chimur Constituency Election Results 2024: Chimur Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/maharashtra/constituency-show/chimur |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} He represents the Chimur Assembly Constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the richest candidate from Vidarbha in the 2014 elections.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/BJPs-Bhangdiya-with-Rs-88-crore-assets-is-richest-Vidarbha-candidate/articleshow/44807259.cms|title=BJP's Bhangdiya with Rs 88 crore assets is richest Vidarbha candidate|last=Choudhari|first=Abhishek|date=2014-10-14|work=Times of India|accessdate=9 July 2015}} He was elected as an MLA for three consecutive terms in the 2014, 2019, and 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections.

Bhangdiya was founder and head of Yuvashakti Sanghatna, a political organisation that held power in the Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad in 2014. In August 2014, Bhangdiya joined the BJP.

Bhangdiya's father, Mitesh Bhangdiya, who also belongs to the BJP, was a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Chandrapur- Gadchiroli- Wardha local body constituency from 2012 to 2018. He is amongst the leading irrigation contractors in the Vidarbha-Marathwada region.{{cite news|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/council-polls-ncp-scores-big-while-complacent-cong-suffers/|title=Council polls: NCP scores big while complacent Cong suffers|date=2012-05-29|work=The Free Press Journal|accessdate=9 July 2015}}

On 21 August 2017, Bhangdiya and several of his supporters were charged with assaulting an Indian National Congress leader and several of his supporters in Chimur.{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjp-mla-booked-for-attacking-cong-workers/articleshow/60165489.cms|title = BJP MLA booked for attacking Cong workers | Nagpur News - Times of India|website = The Times of India| date=22 August 2017 }}