Chandrakant Handore


Chandrakant Damodhar Handore is an Indian politician and the current Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Maharashtra. He is an Indian National Congress member and had represented Chembur in 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Vilasrao Deshmukh ministry. On 5 February 2021, Handore appointed as a Working President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
Handore is former cabinet minister for Social Justice of the Government of Maharashtra. He was elected Mayor of Mumbai for the period 1992 to 1993.
Handore was a vice President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee for the period 2014 to 2021. Since 2020, he is also the in charge of the Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee. Handore is the founder and president of the "Bhim Shakti", an Ambedkarite and socio-political organization.

Personal life

Handore was born on March 13, 1957, into a Dalit Buddhist family in Mumbai. He is married to Sangita Handore, the current corporator of 125 Chembur, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. They have five daughters and a son. Handore's family, inspired by B. R. Ambedkar, follows Buddhism.

Positions held