Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit

Vijaykumar Gavit is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nandurbar.^[1]

Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2022
Minister	Tribal Development
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais *C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis (First) Ajit Pawar (Second)
Guardian Minister	NA
Preceded by	Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi (Tribal Development Ministry) Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi (Nandurbar District)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Medical Education Ministry Horticulture Ministry Employment Guarantee Ministry
Governor	K. Sankaranarayanan Om Prakash Kohli (additional charge) C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA
In office 07 November 2009 – 09 November 2010
Minister	Medical Education Ministry Horticulture Ministry Tourism Ministry
Governor	S. C. Jamir K. Sankaranarayanan
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA
In office 8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
Minister	Tribal Development Marathi Language Ministry
Governor	S. C. Jamir
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA
In office 1 November 2004 – 4 December 2008
Minister	Tribal Development
Governor	Mohammed Fazal S. M. Krishna S. C. Jamir
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Guardian Minister	NA
Minister of State Government of Maharashtra
In office 1 February 1999 – 17 October 1999
Minister	Ministry of Public Health (Maharashtra) Ministry of Nomadic Tribes (Maharashtra) Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra)
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Chief Minister	Narayan Rane
Guardian Minister	NA
Succeeded by	Vishwajeet Kadam
In office 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Minister	Ministry of Tribal Development (Maharashtra) Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra) Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra)
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi
Guardian Minister	NA
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1995
Preceded by	Valvi Pratap Rubja
Constituency	Nandurbar
Personal details
Born	(1955-07-22) 22 July 1955 (age 69) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party Since 2014
Other political affiliations	Nationalist Congress Party Since 1999 Till 2014
Spouse	Kumudini Gavit
Children	Heena Gavit Supriya Gavit
Education	MBBS MD. Medicine
Occupation	Politician

Vijaykumar Gavit was welcomed to the party fold by Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Khadse on 6 September 2014.^[2]

Political career

Vijaykumar Gavit took oath in the new government which has 18 ministers from the Congress and 20 from NCP, including Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on 7 November 2009.^[3]

Political Reception

As Tribal Development Minister Vijaykumar Gavit admitted in the Maharashtra Legislative Council to the prevalence of bonded labour among tribal children in the state. The opposition accused the government of failing to prevent the practice in the state. Bonded labor is legally banned in Maharashtra.^[4][5]

Positions held

Within BJP

Legislative

• *Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - Since 1995^[6]

• Minister of state (Maharashtra) of Health and Family Welfare : 1995–1999.
• Minister of state (Maharashtra) of Tribal Affairs: 1999–2004.
• Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra (Minister of Tribal Affairs): 2004–2009.
• Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra (Minister of Medical Education and Food Production): 2009–2014.
• Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra (Minister of Tribal Affairs): 2022

References

1. Suryawanshi, Sudhir (10 October 2014). "Gavits are the true tribal leaders of Nandurbar, our work speaks for itself: Vijay Kumar Gavit". DNA. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
2. "Former Maharashtra NCP Minister Vijaykumar Gavit Joins BJP".
3. "Ashok Chavan 37 More Ministers Take Oath in Maharashtra". www.daijiworld.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017.
4. "Tribal girl's death: Maharashtra minister admits she was a bonded labourer". The Indian Express. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
5. "Maharashtra: Govt admits 10-year-old deceased tribal girl was a 'bonded labourer'". Deccan Herald. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
6. "Live Nandurbar (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs".