Malojiraje Chhatrapati

Malojiraje Chhatrapati
Malojiraje Chhatrapati
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2004–2009
Succeeded by	Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar
Constituency	Kolhapur North
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress;

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Malojiraje Chhatrapati (also known as Chhatrapati Malojiraje Shahu^[1]) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is the secretary of All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society.

Biography[edit]

Malojirate Chhatrapati belongs to the Kolhapur royal family,^[2] and is a descendant of the Shahu of Kolhapur.^[3] In 2004, he entered the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly with a ticket from Indian National Congress, defeating the Shiv Sena. He participated in the 2009 elections and lost to Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar which made him to ignore politics.^[4] The Congress offered him ticket to contest the Maharashtra assembly elections again in 2014, however, he was seen writing a letter to Manikrao Thakre, the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee stating that he has been very less active in politics.^[2] Earlier, he had led the party at a municipal corporation level.^[4]

In January 2021, Chhatrapati re-entered the politics again and participated in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation elections. He is the secretary of Pune based All India Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial Society.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "CHHATRAPATI MALOJIRAJE SHAHU". CEO Maharashtra. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Malojiraje keeps mum over candidature". Times of India. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
↑ Jadhav, Radheshyam (3 July 2010). "A district after Shahu Maharaj, but his scions hope Maya not playing politics". Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Mali, Gurubal MaliGurubal (2 January 2021). "Malojiraje Chhatrapati: Malojiraje in the arena again after six years !; What will happen in Kolhapur?". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

[1] "CHHATRAPATI MALOJIRAJE SHAHU". CEO Maharashtra. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[ref1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Malojiraje keeps mum over candidature". Times of India. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

[3] Jadhav, Radheshyam (3 July 2010). "A district after Shahu Maharaj, but his scions hope Maya not playing politics". Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[ref2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Mali, Gurubal MaliGurubal (2 January 2021). "Malojiraje Chhatrapati: Malojiraje in the arena again after six years !; What will happen in Kolhapur?". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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