Haribhau Madhav Jawale (1 June 1953 – 16 June 2020) was a politician from northern Maharashtra belonging to the

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. He hailed from

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in the Khandesh region of

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state.

Political career

Jawale was a member of the

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from 1999-2004. He was elected to the

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in April, 2007 in a by-election from Jalgaon constituency in

. He was re-elected to the

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from Raver constituency in Maharashtra. In March 2014, Jawale was re-nominated for

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from Raver constituency, but a week after BJP changed its nomination to Raksha Khadse. In October 2014, he contested the

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from Raver Vidhan Sabha constituency and defeated his nearest rival, Shirish Chaudhari of

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, by margin of 10,000 votes. Jawale got 65,962 votes, while Chaudhari got 55,962 votes. Jawale lost the Raver Vidhan Sabha seat in

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to Shirish Chaudhari. He has initiated most innovative projects in Agriculture: Banana products and Irrigation: Flood Canal Scheme: One of the largest under groundwater projects in Asia.

Death

Jawale died of

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during the COVID-19 pandemic in India at the Bombay Hospital in Mumbai on 16 June 2020, fifteen days after his 67th birthday.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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