Ashok Shankarrao Chavan

Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is the son of ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Bhaurao Chavan. He also served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from December 2008 to November 2010. Before becoming Chief Minister he served as Minister for Cultural Affairs, Industries, Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government.
He married Ameeta Ashok Chavan in 1982 and is blessed with two daughters. His wife was an MLA from the Bhokar constituency in Nanded for the years 2014-19. His brother-in-law, Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar Patil was a three-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a three-time MP.
He was one of the loyalists of the Indian National Congress but in February 2024, he parted ways from the grand old party and joined the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). He won the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra on the BJP ticket.
On November 9, 2010, the Congress Party told him to quit his post because they thought he was involved in corruption with the Adarsh Housing Society scandal. Despite this, he won the Lok Sabha election from Nanded in 2014 by a good margin. Then, in 2015, he became the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. However, in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, he lost his seat in Nanded to Pratap Patil Chikhalikar from the BJP.
He is actively involved in different social activities like the Mass Marriage Programme for the benefit of people belonging to economically weaker sections and below-poverty-line families.
He is associated with many cultural activities, organised by "The Sharada Bhavan Education Society", in February by the Title "Sangeet Shankar Darbar" a national-level cultural event in the Memory of the Late Dr Shankarrao Chavan.
He has an interest in Table Tennis and likes to read and travel during his leisure time.