Eknath Shinde Birth, Education, Family & Biography
Physical Appearance
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father’s name is Sambhaji Navlu Shinde.
His mother’s name is Gangubai Sambhaji Shinde who died on 18 April 2019.
His brother’s name is Prakash Sambhaji Shinde who is a councillor at Thane Municipal Corporation.
Wife & Children
He is married to Lata Eknath Shinde who is in the construction business. The couple has a son named Shrikant Shinde who is a politician and an orthopaedic surgeon. Dr Shrikant Shinde contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Kalyan constituency in 2014 and was elected as a Member of Parliament by defeating his opponent Anand Paranjape, the NCP’s candidate. Two of his children named Dipesh Shinde, a son, and Shubhada Shinde, a daughter, died on 2 June 2000.
Address
He resides at Bungalow No. 5 & 6, Landmark Society, Louiswadi Service Road, Thane-400604, Maharashtra.
Eknath Shinde Political career
Anand Dighe, President of Thane Shivsena, introduced Shinde to politics in early 1980. Shinde took over Dighe's legacy after he died in 2001. Since 2004, he has served in the Legislative Assembly for four consecutive terms.
1997: First elected to Thane Municipal Corporation as a corporator.
2001: Elected to the post of Thane Municipal Corporation's House Leader.
2002: Elected for the second time to Thane Municipal Corporation.
2004: First elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Shiv Sena Thane district head appointed in 2005. First MLA in the party to be appointed to such a coveted position
2009: Elected for the second time to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
2014: Elected for the third time to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
From October to December 2014, he was the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Cabinet Minister of Public Works (PU) in the Maharashtra State Government from 2014 to 2019.
Thane District Guardian Minister from 2014 to 2019.
Appointed Shiv Sena Party Leader in 2018.
Cabinet Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare (Marathi: ) in the Maharashtra State Government [8] in 2019.
2019: Elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the fourth time on November 28th. 2019: Appointed as Cabinet Minister under Maha-Vikas-Aghadi, led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Appointed Minister of Urban Development and Public Works (Public Undertakings) in 2019.
2019: Appointed Acting Minister of Home Affairs (28 November 2019 - 30 December 2019).
2020: Appointed Thane district guardian minister.
Career
Eknath Shinde studied till eleventh class and quit his studies to earn a livelihood for his family. In the 1980s, when he was in the autorickshaw driving business, he was introduced to Shivsena supremo Bal Thackeray and Shivsena’s Thane District Chief Anand Dighe, who helped him to join Shiv Sena.
Soon after joining Shiv Sena, he was elected as the Shakha Pramukh of Kisan Nagar in 1980.
Subsequently, he started initiating several political and social rallies, which were focused on the issues such as inflation, black marketing, hoarding of essential commodities such as palm oil by traders etc. He was detained by the police for forty days for participating in the Maharashtra-Karnataka Border agitation. He was appointed as the Corporator of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in 1997. In 2001, he was nominated as a Leader of the house in TMC, and he served the position till 2004. After the demise of Anand Dighe, he was appointed as the chief of the Thane district in 2001. Gradually, Shiv Sena grabbed the kingship in the Thane Municipal Corporation, Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation, Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation, Ambernath Municipal Council, and Badlapur Municipal Council under Eknath Shinde’s guidance. In 2004, Bal Thackeray gave him the opportunity to contest the assembly elections, and he was elected as MLA from the Thane legislative assembly constituency with a great margin of votes.
Assets/Properties
Movable Assets
- Cash: Rs. 2,81,000
- Deposits in Banks: Rs. 32,64,760
- Bonds, Debentures and Shares: Rs. 30,591
- LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 50,08,930
- Personal loans/advance: Rs. 1,89,247
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 46,55,490
- Jewellery: Rs. 25,87,500
- Other assets: Rs. 50,44,948 [2]My Neta
Immovable Assets
- Agricultural Land: Rs. 28,00,000
- Commercial Buildings: Rs. 30,00,000
- Residential Buildings: Rs. 8,87,50,000 [3]My Neta
Liabilities: Rs. 3,74,60,261 [4]My Neta)
Net Worth
As of 2019, Eknath Shinde has approximately Rs. 7.82 crores of net worth. ((My Neta
Facts/Trivia
- His full name is Eknath Sambhaji Shinde.
- Eknath Shinde and his 11-year-old son Dipesh and 7-year-old daughter Shubhada visited Satara on 2 June 2000. Both of his children died on the spot after drowning in the lake when they were enjoying a boat ride.
- During his appointment as a Leader of the Opposition party, he constantly raised the state issues like The Cluster Development scheme for dilapidated illegal buildings in Thane and MMR, Thane Metro, a New Extended Thane Station between Thane and Mulund, Water Scarcity, coastal security of the state, Modernization of the Police Force, Inflation, increasing debt of the State, etc.
- Some of the major projects in the Thane district like Cluster Development and Thane Metro were authorised under the administration of Shinde. Shinde regularly stood for the rehabilitation policies for lakhs of residents who became homeless due to the illegal construction of buildings in Thane over the period of time.
- According to some media sources, once, Eknath Shinde was captured driving an electric car at a speed of 137 Kmph on the Samrudhi highway.
- MSRDC was a Mumbai-Pune Expressway project, which was initiated in 1996 to encourage road development in the state. The first expressway of the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway, two flyovers in Mumbai, and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai were constructed under this scheme. However, soon after the Congress-NCP government came to power in 1999, this project lagged behind because of some political reasons. Later, when Shive Sena came into power in Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde was given the charge of the MSRDC department. In the next five years, under the administration of Shinde, many huge projects such as Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway (Samrudhhi Highway), Mumbai-Pune Express Highway Capacity Extension, Third Bridge on Thane Bay at Vashi, Bandra-Versova Sea Link, six-laning and concretization of roads, 27 railway fly pools in Vidarbha, the Thane-Borivli Subway, Versova-Virar Sea-Link, and Gaymukh-Fountain hotel-Ghodbundar advanced routes were achieved.
- In 2013, at least 177 leaders of Shiv Sena including Eknath Shinde protested on the occasion of Bakrid at Durgadi Fort where Muslims were allowed to offer Namaz. The protest demanded that at the Fort, Hindus were performing their rituals for so many years and the permission of Namaz on the occasion of Bakrid halted the worship of Hindus. During the protests, Eknath Shinde, along with the 177 leaders, were arrested for protesting against the permission of Namaz.
You can suggest anything or information about this article, or you can your experience with us at info@thetrendingpeople.com