Vinod Tawde

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vinod Tawde

• Vinod Tawde is an Indian politician. He is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who held several important positions within the party.

• In 1980, Vinod became a member of the ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad), a student group associated with the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh). He was appointed as the Secretary-General of the ABVP in 1988 and later served as its National Secretary in 1993.

• In 1995, Vinod joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as General Secretary and served for four years.

• In 1999, he became the youngest president of BJP’s Mumbai Metropolitan Region and served for twelve years.

• Vinod Tawde supported mill workers in 2011 by addressing their housing concerns and promising a fair resolution. He also resolved an issue with overdue insurance premiums of 45,000 in the police department.

• He revealed through documentary evidence that despite spending Rs. 70,000 crore, the irrigated area in the state only increased by 1%. He used various legislative measures to pressure the government to establish an inquiry committee, chaired by Madhavrao Chitale, to investigate corruption in the irrigation sector. Vinod Tawde presented a 15,000-page documentary evidence to the Chitale Committee, and the committee’s report found both officers and ministers guilty of corruption.

• Vinod Tawde called for a special session of the state Legislature to present the action taken report (ATR) in relation to the Adarsh housing society scam. However, the government did not take any action on his demand.

• In 2014, Vinod Tawde won the Maharashtra assembly election from the Borivali constituency by a margin of 80,000 votes and became a member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly.

• In 2014, Devendra Fadnavis appointed him to his cabinet as the Minister of School Education, Higher & Technical Education, Marathi Language, Cultural Affairs & Sports.

• During his time as a minister in the Maharashtra government, Vinod implemented several public interest initiatives, including the Human Organ Transplantation Act, the Maharashtra International Education Board, and Pustakanch Gaav.

• The ‘Pustakanch Gaav’ initiative of Vinod Tawde is inspired by Britain’s Hay-on-Wye, a notable Welsh town known for its bookstores. Bhilar in Satara district became the first village of books in India. ^[12]The Hindu

  

• He serves as a director of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, a non-profit organisation that trains socio-political activists in leadership skills.

• Vinod was the key member of the coordination panel of the 12th and 13th general elections.

• He loves animals and has two cats.