Malojiraje Chhatrapati
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2004–2009
Succeeded byRajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar
ConstituencyKolhapur North
Personal details
Political party

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

Malojiraje 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]

On 2 September 2022, Chhatrapati was elected as a member of the executive committee of the All India Football Federation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "CHHATRAPATI MALOJIRAJE SHAHU". CEO Maharashtra. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  4. 1 2 3 Mali, Gurubal (2 January 2021). "Malojiraje Chhatrapati: Malojiraje in the arena again after six years !; What will happen in Kolhapur?". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "List of AIFF executive committee members & co-opted eminent players". khelnow.com. Khel Now. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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