Gulabrao Deokar
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gulabrao Baburao Deokar
| image =
| office = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
| predecessor =
| successor = Gulab Raghunath Patil
| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 2014
| constituency = Jalgaon Rural
| office1 = Cabinet Minister in Second Ashok Chavan ministry
| minister1 = *Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry
- Dairy Development
- Fisheries Department
- Transport
- Soil and Water Conservation
- Employment Guarantee
- Other Backward Classes
| term_start1 = 7 November 2009
| term_end1 = 10 November 2010
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = Cabinet Minister in Prithviraj Chavan ministry
| minister2 = *Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry
- Dairy Development
- Fisheries Department
- Transport
- Soil and Water Conservation
- Employment Guarantee
- Other Backward Classes
| term_start2 = 11 June 2013
| term_end2 = 26 September 2014
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| parents = Baburao Deokar (Father)
| residence = Jalgaon, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India
| occupation = {{Unbulleted list| Politician|businessman}}
| education = 10th [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/candidates/gulabrao-baburao-deokar ]
| party = Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar (2023 - Present)
| profession = {{Unbulleted list| politician|businessman}}
}}
Gulabrao Baburao Deokar was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Jalgaon Rural Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party.
Gulabrao Deokar is an Indian politician belonging to the Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar.
He owns and operates many private colleges in Jalgaon city.{{Cite web |title=Gulabrao Deokar Polytechnic... |url=https://www.sgdpjalgaon.org/&ved=2ahUKEwjo9d6j-oH-AhXJUGwGHX2LDX4QFnoECB0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw38pvo_fAqUhyq28nlngWd8 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=sgdp jalgaon}}{{Cite web |title=Shri Gulabrao Deokar College of Engineering, Jalgaon |url=https://sgdcoejalgaon.org/&ved=2ahUKEwjo9d6j-oH-AhXJUGwGHX2LDX4QFnoECFIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0cGAiAVAF9nD-PpOzOB9gL |website=sgdcoejalgaon.org}}{{Cite web |title=Shri Gulabrao Deokar Institute of Pharmacy & Research Center |url=http://www.sgdipjalgaon.org/&ved=2ahUKEwihyaOF-4H-AhUVcGwGHbVyA2w4ChAWegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw3e-NTbRN8RnlTQINHbjPs0 |website=sgdipjalgaon.org}}
Personal life
Career
Deokar was a member in Jalgaon town's local administrative body. After he was found guilty by district court in Jalgaon housing scam, due to political pressure he resigned from the post of state's Urban transport minister. Later NCP also expelled him from party. Over the years Deokar built many private colleges in Jalgaon city. In 2014 while in prison for the corruption he contested Assembly election but ended up losing. In 2019 he again contested 2019 Indian general election to become Member of Indian parliament but again ended up losing. Despite the fact he got convicted in one of the massive corruption scams in history of Maharashtra, he still enjoys large support in and around Jalgaon city. It is reported that the scam was masterminded by then MLA Suresh Jain caused ₹ 150 crore loss to Jalgaon Municipal Corporation, and poor public of Jalgaon did not get the promised affordable houses. The investigation and court proceedings of the scam ran for more than 7 years.{{Cite web |title=NCP outstates... |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ncp-ousts-scamtainted-maharashtra-minister/article3735452.ece |website=The Hindu}}{{Cite web |title=News |url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-49536359 |website=BBC}}{{Cite web |title=Loans taken for cheap homes diverted to font companies. |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/loans-taken-for-cheap-homes--diverted-to-front-company-/952586/ |website=Indian Express}}{{Cite news |date=2019-08-31 |title=Maharashtra housing scam: 7 years jail, Rs 100 crore fine for former minister Suresh Jain |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-housing-scam-7-years-jail-rs-100-crore-fine-for-former-minister-suresh-jain/articleshow/70925280.cms |access-date=2023-03-27 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
Jalgaon housing scam
In 2019, Dhule District Court sentenced Deokar to five years of imprisonment in the {{INR}}110 crore Jalgaon housing scam case. He was a member of the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation during this major fraud.{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/two-former-maharashtra-ministers-convicted-in-rs-110-crore-jalgaon-housing-scam-case/articleshow/70924125.cms|title=Two former Maharashtra ministers convicted in Rs 110-crore Jalgaon housing scam case - The Economic Times|website=The Economic Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/jalgaon-housing-scam-state-govt-yet-to-grant-sanction-to-hold-trial/story-yC6snpqueShCl7fmGtOtLK.html|title=Jalgaon housing scam: State govt yet to grant sanction to hold trial|date=19 June 2012|website=Hindustan Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/housing-scam-maharashtra-transport-minister-arrested-476397.html|title=Housing scam: Maharashtra Transport Minister arrested|date=21 May 2012|website=News18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ncp-ousts-scamtainted-maharashtra-minister/article3735452.ece|title=NCP ousts scam-tainted Maharashtra Minister|author=Staff Reporter|date=7 August 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}
Businesses
Amid 2000s to 2010s he started many private colleges in Jalgaon city and named them after himself such as Gulabrao Deokar institute of pharmacy and research centre, Gulabrao Deokar college of engineering, a polytechnic college etc. To study in these colleges, students have to pay large amount of fees and sometimes donations if tried to take admission from management quota.